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Discourse and later Passions treat non-human animals as machines; the animal-machine thesis is a documented cost, not a unique pineal coefficient

The Discourse and later Passions treat non-human animals as machines. The animal-machine thesis is a documented cost. In the causal graph this event weakens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — an improving welfare path.

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The Discourse and later Passions treat non-human animals as machines. The animal-machine thesis is a documented cost. It is not a unique pineal coefficient. René Descartes's documented role is: He published a mechanistic account of animal bodies that denies animal thought as humans have it. Later readers used it. He did not invent all dissection.

Context

Harvey is the neighbouring circulation file Descartes partly accepts. Sharing anatomists without washing animals with blood-motion is required. The setting of Discourse and later Passions treat non-human animals as machines; the animal-machine thesis is a documented cost, not a unique pineal coefficient is the public file around 1637-06-01. Driver humanitarian-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Discourse and later Passions treat non-human animals as machines; the animal-machine thesis is a documented cost, not a unique pineal coefficient on 1637-06-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Discourse and later Passions treat non-human animals as machines; the animal-machine thesis is a documented cost, not a unique pineal coefficient are separate paths.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • René Descartes

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.44 · verified

    He published a mechanistic account of animal bodies that denies animal thought as humans have it. Later readers used it. He did not invent all dissection.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, mind and animals neighbourhoodInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, Dutch yearsStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, animals / mechanism neighbourhood at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent locator: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, mind and animals neighbourhood at https://iep.utm.edu/descmind/ (opens in a new tab) (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, animals / mechanism neighbourhood (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent carrier: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, mind and animals neighbourhood (https://iep.utm.edu/descmind/ (opens in a new tab); Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Established: a sourced public record of Discourse and later Passions treat non-human animals as machines; the animal-machine thesis is a documented cost, not a unique pineal coefficient under 1637-06-01 for René Descartes. Established: a sourced public record of Discourse and later Passions treat non-human animals as machines; the animal-machine thesis is a documented cost, not a unique pineal coefficient under 1637-06-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Discourse and later Passions treat non-human animals as machines; the animal-machine thesis is a documented cost, not a unique pineal coefficient. Naming René Descartes does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1637-06-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorRené Descartes
  2. contributed toFactDiscourse and later Passions treat non-human animals as machines; the animal-machine thesis is a documented cost, not a unique pineal coefficient
  3. weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). Discourse and later Passions treat non-human animals as machines; the animal-machine thesis is a documented cost, not a unique pineal coefficient. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/des-animal-machine

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Accessed 15 October 2026.

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