Mind Body Dualism

Descartes Essay

Can you make any sense of the notion that you might continue to exist in a disembodied state?

The question regarding the possibility of disembodied existence raises one of the oldest problems of philosophy -the mind body issue - which concerns the precise nature of the relationship between mind and body. The relationship between mind and body has been the subject of philosophical debate since the emergence of sustained philosophical inquiry, and has spawned distinct branch of philosophy- the philosophy of mind.
In order to answer the question it is first necessary to define what is meant by existence in disembodied state. I have taken the notion of the disembodied state expressed in the question to be the idea that I the individual that I am at this moment might be able to exist independently of my corporal body. Therefore the question concerns the possibility of my being able to exist without a physical body.
In order for me to continu...