Does the fact that many non-human animals have pituitary disprove Cartesian Dualism?
June 21, 2023 at 9:52 am
On the Philosophical Vegan forum, we occasionally get members who subscribe to Cartesian Dualism. Descartes (also known by his Latin name Cartesius) held that only human beings have souls, and that other animals are unconscious and don't feel pain. He also held that the pituitary is the antenna with which the brain and the soul communicate.
And I think one of the most obvious flaws with Cartesian Dualism, which was obvious even in Descartes'es time, is that many non-human animals also have the pituitary.
I asked a question about how Descartes responded to that on Philosophy StackExchange (which, thus far, has 8 more upvotes than downvotes), and, apparently, Descartes didn't write a response to that argument.
I think that Cartesian Dualism was ridiculous even in Descartes'es time, and that it is even more ridiculous now.
And I think one of the most obvious flaws with Cartesian Dualism, which was obvious even in Descartes'es time, is that many non-human animals also have the pituitary.
I asked a question about how Descartes responded to that on Philosophy StackExchange (which, thus far, has 8 more upvotes than downvotes), and, apparently, Descartes didn't write a response to that argument.
I think that Cartesian Dualism was ridiculous even in Descartes'es time, and that it is even more ridiculous now.
