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- Birth Name: ReneDescartes
- Date of birth: March 31, 1596 in La Haye en Touraine, France
- Death: February 11, 1650
- School/tradition: Cartesianism, Rationalism, Foundationalism
- Main interests: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Science, Mathematics
- Notable ideas: Cogito ergo sum, method of doubt, Cartesian coordinate system, Cartesian dualism, ontological argument for existence of God; regarded as a founder of Modern philosophy
- Influenced by: Plato, Aristotle, Alhazen,Averroes, Avicenna, al-Ghazali, Anselm, St. Augustine, Aquinas, Ockham, Suarez, Mersenne, Sextus Empiricus, Michel de Montaigne, Duns Scotus
- Influenced: Spinoza, Hobbes, Arnauld, Malebranche, Pascal, Locke, Leibniz, More, Kant, Husserl, Brunschvicg, Chomsky, Stanley
- One of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution
- Introduced the phrase "I think, therefore I am" (in Latin: "Cogito, ergo sum")
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Rene Descartes was a French mathematician and philosopher who lived between 1596 and 1650. His major philosophical work was A Discourse on Method. He also developed Analytic Geometry, a precursor to Calculus.
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Descartes was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer, and is regarded as the first modern thinker to provide a philosophical framework for the natural sciences. He was dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy," and much of Western philosophy is a response to his writings. Descartes founded analytic geometry, the bridge between algebra and geometry, crucial to the invention of calculus and analysis. -
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What did Rene Descartes mention about causality in Medatitation I and what he said about innate knowledge in Regulae? 1 AnswerDescartes' Meditations puts forth a concept of causality sometimes referred to as his 'heirloom theory of causality.' Normal causality requires that the cause m... read more
Whatever happened to Rene Russo?? 1 AnswerRene Russo does seem to have disappeared off the showbiz scene somewhat. Here last two films were "Two for the Money" and "Yours, Mine and Ours" both from 2005.... read more
Whatever happened to Rene Russo? 1 AnswerRene Russo last appeared on film in 2005. She doesn't have anything in production either. She recently appeared in the Brian Atwood Spring-Summer 2009 Shoe Col... read more
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"A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed." 4th President of the United States, Rene Descartes
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"Tweetito Ergo Sum" (loose latin translation of "i tweet, therefore i am"). I wished Rene Descartes had lived today. Wasak!
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ok... Rene Descartes ajaa
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@BradOrlich Aristotle was a brilliant man! If you ever get the chance- read up on Rene Descartes. He is brilliant! Insane but brilliant =)
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"I tweet, therefore I am" (kung buhay lang siguro si Rene Descartes). Salamat sa flood ng tweets @gangbadoy. Nagising ako-literally. Gud am.
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