[2] Res cogitans is also referred to as the soul and is related by thinkers such as Aristotle in his De Anima to the indefinite realm of potentiality.
[4] On the other hand, res extensa, are entities described by the principles of logic and are considered in terms of definiteness.
Due to the polarity of these two concepts, the natural science focused on res extensa.
[4] In the Cartesian view, the distinction between these two concepts is a methodological necessity driven by a distrust of the senses and the res extensa as it represents the entire material world.
[6] Descartes has not provided any answer to this but Gottfried Leibniz proposed that it can be addressed by endowing each geometrical point in the res extensa with mind.