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Descartes Divisibility Argumentative Analysis

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In addition, the divisibility argument does not account for various other factors including diseases of the brain or psychological disorders such as multiple personality disorder. Modern science has shown that contrary to Descartes' divisibility argument, when a part of the brain is removed a part of the mind gets impacted. Although these effects are not evident when an arm or a leg is cut off, there is evidence which supports the idea that when a certain part of the brain, such as the frontal lobe is removed, the consequences result in severe impairment in their personality as well as their ability to reason. Furthermore Studies on the brain have shown that a disease in the brain can affect mind processes, in particular Alzheimer's disease

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