Meditations' real distinction of mind and body becomes a later lock in psychology; the 1641 book is the instrument, not a unique hospital he ran
The Meditations' real distinction of mind and body becomes a later lock in psychology. The 1641 book is the instrument, not a unique hospital Descartes ran. In the causal graph this event weakens Health-System Capacity, a driver that strengthens Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — a worsening welfare path.
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The Meditations' real distinction of mind and body becomes a later lock in psychology. The 1641 book is the instrument, not a unique hospital Descartes ran. René Descartes's documented role is: He published a real distinction. Later clinics used dualism as a heading. He did not staff a modern hospital. Medium confidence on unique later-clinic coefficients.
Context
The Meditations improving row is the method. The setting of Meditations' real distinction of mind and body becomes a later lock in psychology; the 1641 book is the instrument, not a unique hospital he ran is the public file around 1641-06-01. Driver health-system-capacity is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Why it matters
Worsening path from Meditations' real distinction of mind and body becomes a later lock in psychology; the 1641 book is the instrument, not a unique hospital he ran on 1641-06-01. A public dualist treatise later used as a lock on body-care is a health path of medium weight on later use, high on the 1641 text. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
René Descartes
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.32 · verified
He published a real distinction. Later clinics used dualism as a heading. He did not staff a modern hospital. Medium confidence on unique later-clinic coefficients.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactMeditations' real distinction of mind and body becomes a later lock in psychology; the 1641 book is the instrument, not a unique hospital he ran
- weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
- strengthensIndicators (2)Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
impact weight 0.3 · Effect from 1 June 1641 · verified
A public dualist treatise later used as a lock on body-care is a health path of medium weight on later use, high on the 1641 text.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.6)
Observed
3.08 Per 1000 people · 1.24 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normal6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 3.07 Per 1000 people to 3.08 Per 1000 people.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.5)
Observed
37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.
Above normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes's epistemology / mind-body neighbourhoodStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
- 2.Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, mind and animals neighbourhoodInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes's epistemology / mind-body neighbourhood at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-epistemology/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent locator: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, mind-body at https://iep.utm.edu/descmind/ (opens in a new tab) (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes's epistemology / mind-body neighbourhood (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-epistemology/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent carrier: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, mind-body (https://iep.utm.edu/descmind/ (opens in a new tab); Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy).
Established: a sourced public record of Meditations' real distinction of mind and body becomes a later lock in psychology; the 1641 book is the instrument, not a unique hospital he ran under 1641-06-01 for René Descartes. Established: a sourced public record of Meditations' real distinction of mind and body becomes a later lock in psychology; the 1641 book is the instrument, not a unique hospital he ran under 1641-06-01.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. The Meditations improving row is the method-book twin. Mixed effects of Meditations' real distinction of mind and body becomes a later lock in psychology; the 1641 book is the instrument, not a unique hospital he ran are separate paths.
Shared responsibility is part of Meditations' real distinction of mind and body becomes a later lock in psychology; the 1641 book is the instrument, not a unique hospital he ran. Naming René Descartes does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1641-06-01 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.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorRené Descartes
- contributed toFactMeditations' real distinction of mind and body becomes a later lock in psychology; the 1641 book is the instrument, not a unique hospital he ran
- weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
- strengthensIndicatorHospital beds (per 1,000 people)
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Factrail. (2026). Meditations' real distinction of mind and body becomes a later lock in psychology; the 1641 book is the instrument, not a unique hospital he ran. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/des-mind-body-lock
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Accessed 15 October 2026.
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