English Explanatory Dictionary

res cogitans

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A nonphysical substance of which minds are composed, separate from res extensa, according to Cartesian dualism and idealism.

Word forms

res cogitans

Etymology

From Latin rēs cōgitāns.

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