Cartesian dualism describes mind/body separation, or the idea that rational thinking occurs independently of your physical being. Whether you learn alone or learn collaboratively makes no difference because knowledge is standardized: it doesn't matter who, when, where, or how it was learned it. If knowledge is a standardized commodity, and commodities can be purchased, then learning a concept in one way is the same as learning that same concept in any other way.
Cartesian dualism describes mind/body separation, or the idea that rational thinking occurs independently of your physical being. Whether you learn alone or learn collaboratively makes no difference because knowledge is standardized: it doesn't matter who, when, where, or how it was learned. If knowledge is a standardized commodity, and commodities can be purchased, then learning a concept in one way is the same as learning that same concept in any other way.
But not all traditions understand learning as dualism. The University of Washington acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples of this land, the land which touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the Duwamish, Puyallup, Suquamish, Tulalip and Muckleshoot nations. Among the traditions of the Coast Salish peoples is a value for the connectedness between all living things and a recognition of the unique ways that each of us comes to know something.
