Full Idea
Even Descartes may have conceded that the mental supervenes on the neuroanatomical.
Clarification
'Supervenes' means they inseparable
Gist of Idea
Even Descartes may concede that mental supervenes on neuroanatomical
Source
comment on René Descartes (Meditations [1641], 6) by William Lycan - Consciousness 5.2
Book Reference
Lycan,William G.: 'Consciousness' [MIT 1995], p.51
A Reaction
This is true (early in Meditation Six) despite his later suggestion of the pineal gland as the linking point. It proves nothing, but I have heard John Cottingham suggest that Descartes might well be a materialist if he came back today.