René Descartes asserted that
A) humans cannot understand the nature of the real world.
B) the heart is the seat of thought and emotion.
C) the brain acts to cool the passions of the heart.
D) animals are mechanical creatures controlled by environmental stimuli.
E) the mind is an emergent property of the brain.

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René Descartes believed in the mechanical philosophy, which asserted that all physical phenomena, including the behavior of plants and animals, could be explained by reference to the motion and collision of material particles. This led him to conclude that animals are merely complex machines controlled by environmental stimuli, with no conscious thought or emotion.

René Descartes Asserted That