During the 1600s, French philosopher René Descartes laid the groundwork for the beginnings of Cartesian dualism. In contrast, the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes argued against dualism in favor of materialism. Recently, Cartesian dualism, and dualism in general, has fallen out of favor as materialism has emerged as a more plausible and explanatory theory concerning the relationship between body and mind. The translation of Descartes' writings in the Meditations is much more enigmatic than that of Hobbes in Leviathan. It is much easier to see Hobbes's claims. Hobbes provides a reasonable explanation against dualism in his objections to Descartes and, in his Leviathan, provides context for his reasoning in these objections. Dualism is perhaps less popular than materialism in current philosophy, but perhaps this is simply because dualism has more or less reached a sort of blockage with regard to its further development, and this has not nothing to do with the writings of Descartes or Hobbes. Descartes and Hobbes may have influenced many of the earlier disputes between philosophers of mind over mind-body interaction, because Hobbes was probably the first objector to Descartes' dualism. René Descartes laid the foundations of Cartesian dualism in his Meditations on First Philosophy. . Descartes sets out the essence of his dualistic vision in the second and sixth meditations. Dualism is the belief, or school, within the philosophy of mind that the mind and body are separate. Cartesian dualism, in particular, is essentially a substance dualism, which holds that the mind and body are made of distinct substances, in Descartes' case the mind being spiritual and the body being physical. This view was common in Hobbe's time...... middle of article ......re that the body's detections of particular bodies performing their particular movements. Descartes tries to distance things from the body; Descartes' emphasis on certainty leads him toward dualism, because he argues that the senses are deceptive. For Cartesian dualism, this is perfectly operational; deception from the senses to the mind can occur due to some disconnection. Furthermore, Hobbes and materialism could be right in this case, since all thought refers to meaning. In the 1600s, dualism was perhaps the most viable theory; however, today, materialism offers a simpler explanation regarding the problems of mind-body interaction and thought. Hobbes clearly sets out a very fundamental idea of ​​materialism before modern materialist theories such as functionalism came into existence. Works Cited Thomas Hobbes Leviathan, Meditations of René Descartes