Cyst Pineal Gland

Cyst Pineal Gland

Cyst Pineal Gland

The first point forwarded by Rene Descartes in his arguments is that the mind is separate and distinct from the body. Central to Descartes' Cartesian dualism is that the immaterial mind and the material body may be distinct but they do interact. This is the second point forwarded by Descartes, that the mind and the body interact.

Interaction between Mind and Body

This interaction results in mental events causing physical events to happen and vice versa. This becomes the focal point for controversies against Cartesian dualism: how can an immaterial mind cause anything to a material body and vice versa? This is called the “problem of interactionism” which some philosophers questioned.

The body has a sensory mechanism which reacts to the external stimulus that affects the peripheral ends of the nerve fibrils which consequently causes displacement to the central ends. This displacement leads to the rearrangement of the interfibrillar space which caused the flow of animal spirits to be directed to the nerves of the body causing a reflex reaction.