This man claimed that the cause of something must contain as much reality as the subject itself, which is the causal adequacy principle. He used an example of the changes in burning wax to describe how perception cannot accurately describe objects and theorized that all of perceived reality could just be a dream. He suggested that the pineal gland was the connection between the [*] body and the soul and the ability of both to affect each other was part of this man's namesake dualism. He created the trademark argument for the existence of God in his Meditations on First Philosophy. For 10 points, name this philosopher who wrote "cogito ergo sum" in his Discourse on Me
This man claimed that the cause of something must contain as much reality as the subject itself, which is the causal adequacy principle. He used an example of the changes in burning wax to describe how perception cannot accurately describe objects and theorized that all of perceived reality could just be a dream. He suggested that the pineal gland was the connection between the [*] body and the soul and the ability of both to affect each other was part of this man's namesake dualism. He created the trademark argument for the existence of God in his Meditations on First Philosophy. For 10 points, name this philosopher who wrote "cogito ergo sum" in his Discourse on Method.
This man claimed that the cause of something must contain as much reality as the subject itself, which is the causal adequacy principle.
René {Descartes}