How successful are Descartes' arguments for the real distinction of mind from body?

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For me to say I like Tony Blair but do not like the Priminister is unclear as they are the same person. Similarly is the Masked Man fallacy in which he is certain his father is his father, but not certain his father is the masked man ? concluding that his father is not the masked man...
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But that is just his thinking and proves invalid as he thinks of his father (one substance) differently to the way he thinks of the masked man (another substance). However, the masked man could be his father. This helps criticize Descartes' view of the distinction between mind from matter...
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