Chapter Abstract Rene Descartes' view of dualistic interactionism is reviewed, and factors leading to its rejection are explored.
Dualism is an ancient concept and deeply rooted in Greek thought.
The Greeks held that a man's soul was of an entirely different essence than his body. Furthermore, they held that these dual entities had no interaction with one another. Indeed, the Greeks saw them as alien to one another, the body being the prison house of the soul. Thus dualism means much more than a mere numerical designation. It implies the dichotomy of soul and body, an absolute split.