ABSTRACT
If we have correctly accounted for the Cartesian method in the first three chapters and have shown how it functions with respect to the Meditations in the last six chapters, then our work should shed light on classical problems of interpreting Cartesian texts. In Chapter Three we argued that Cartesian causes are formal, and that the mind-body connection reflects nothing more nor less than a lawful correlation. Insofar as that connection is only a lawful correlation, the differences between mental and physical substances pose no special problems.
