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Most people are dualists.
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Now, dualism is a very different doctrine.
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It's a doctrine that can be found in every religion
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and in most philosophical systems throughout history.
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It was very explicit in Plato, for instance.
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But the most articulate and well-known defender of dualism
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is the philosopher Rene Descartes,
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and Rene Descartes explicitly asked a question,
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"Are humans merely physical machines,
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merely physical things?"
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And he answered, "No."
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He agreed that animals are machines.