Rene Descartes - Machines, Animals, and Rational Beings (Discourse pt. 5) - Philosophy Core Concepts

Check out the 8-Week Rene Descartes' Meditations, Objections, & Replies class - https://reasonio.teachable.com/p/rene... Get Descartes' Discourse on Method - https://amzn.to/2JpMP7i Support my work here -   / sadler   Philosophy tutorials - https://reasonio.wordpress.com/tutori... This is a video in my new Core Concepts series -- designed to provide students and lifelong learners a brief discussion focused on one main concept from a classic philosophical text and thinker. This Core Concept video focuses on Rene Descartes' work The Discourse on Method, specifically on his discussion in part 5 of whether a machine could be developed that would pass for a human being. In the process of examining this question, he outlines how animals and machines differ from rational human beings. This involves the capacity to use language in a distinctly human manner. If you'd like to support my work producing videos like this, become a Patreon supporter! Here's the link to find out more - including the rewards I offer backers:   / sadler   You can also make a direct contribution to help fund my ongoing educational projects, by clicking here: https://www.paypal.me/ReasonIO If you're interested in philosophy tutorial sessions with me - especially on Cicero or Stoicism more generally! - click here: https://reasonio.wordpress.com/tutori... You can find the copy of the text I am using for this sequence on Descartes' Discourse on Method here - https://amzn.to/2JpMP7i