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This catalog refuses to store a unique pineal coefficient; the pineal mention in Passions is a speculative seat, not a measured constant

The pineal mention in the Passions is a speculative seat, not a measured constant. René Descartes's documented role is: He named the pineal gland as a seat of soul-body interaction in later texts. In the causal graph this event weakens the driver Personal-Data Protection.

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The pineal mention in the Passions is a speculative seat, not a measured constant. René Descartes's documented role is: He named the pineal gland as a seat of soul-body interaction in later texts. This catalog will not invent a number. High confidence on the refusal.

Context

The Passions book is the 1649 public. Sharing later anatomists who rejected the seat is required; they are not 1649 Descartes. Driver personal-data-protection is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Passions remains a neighbouring book.

Why it matters

Inventing a unique pineal coefficient would be a data-harm. The row stores the limit. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

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

Who was responsible

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

  • René Descartes

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.24 · verified

    He named the pineal gland as a seat of soul-body interaction in later texts. This catalog will not invent a number. High confidence on the refusal.

What changed

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

    1. FactThis catalog refuses to store a unique pineal coefficient; the pineal mention in Passions is a speculative seat, not a measured constant
    2. weakensDriverPersonal-Data Protection

    impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 1 January 1649 · verified

    Inventing a unique pineal coefficient would be a data-harm. The row stores the limit.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes and the pineal glandStanford 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 and the pineal gland at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pineal-gland/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, mind-body neighbourhood at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes and the pineal gland (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pineal-gland/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, mind-body neighbourhood (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Naming René Descartes does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1649-01-01 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.

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

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

Causal path

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

  1. ActorRené Descartes
  2. contributed toFactThis catalog refuses to store a unique pineal coefficient; the pineal mention in Passions is a speculative seat, not a measured constant
  3. weakensDriverPersonal-Data Protection

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Factrail. (2026). This catalog refuses to store a unique pineal coefficient; the pineal mention in Passions is a speculative seat, not a measured constant. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/des-pineal-limit

https://factrail.ai/facts/des-pineal-limit

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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