John Locke and René Descartes Philosophical Views
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John Locke and René Descartes are two prominent philosophers for each of their philosophical theories. Each brought a new foundation to the subject of philosophy. Their own individual beliefs about personal identity, self, and consciousness have added to the many different perspectives in this field. The idea of “self” as referred to in the Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy is “some sort of immaterial subject of consciousness” (1). This idea has