Re: Re: Misusing Descartes' model

2012-08-16 Thread Roger
Time: 2012-08-15, 04:31:23 Subject: Re: Misusing Descartes' model On 14 Aug 2012, at 19:14, Roger wrote: Hi Jason Resch You got it right. Descartes never troubled to explain how two completely different substances-- mind and body-- could interact. And Leibniz was too hard to understand

Re: Misusing Descartes' model

2012-08-15 Thread Stephen P. King
On 8/15/2012 4:31 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Aug 2012, at 19:14, Roger wrote: Hi Jason Resch You got it right. Descartes never troubled to explain how two completely different substances-- mind and body-- could interact. And Leibniz was too hard to understand. And it was also easy to fol

Re: Misusing Descartes' model

2012-08-15 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Aug 2012, at 19:14, Roger wrote: Hi Jason Resch You got it right. Descartes never troubled to explain how two completely different substances-- mind and body-- could interact. And Leibniz was too hard to understand. And it was also easy to follow Newton, because bodies acted "as if"

Misusing Descartes' model

2012-08-14 Thread Roger
Hi Jason Resch You got it right. Descartes never troubled to explain how two completely different substances-- mind and body-- could interact. And Leibniz was too hard to understand. And it was also easy to follow Newton, because bodies acted "as if" they transferred energy or momentum. In Des