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René Descartes - Wikipedia
René Descartes (/ deɪˈkɑːrt / day-KART, also UK: / ˈdeɪkɑːrt / DAY-kart; French: [ʁəne dekaʁt] ⓘ; [note 3][11] 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) [12][13]: 58 was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.
Rene Descartes | Biography, Ideas, Philosophy, ‘I Think, Therefore I Am ...
René Descartes was a French mathematician and philosopher during the 17th century. He is often considered a precursor to the rationalist school of thought, and his vast contributions to the fields of mathematics and philosophy, individually as well as holistically, helped pushed Western knowledge forward during the scientific revolution.
René Descartes - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
René Descartes (1596–1650) was a creative mathematician of the first order, an important scientific thinker, and an original metaphysician. During the course of his life, he was a mathematician first, a natural scientist or “natural philosopher” second, and a metaphysician third.
Rene Descartes: Biography, Philosopher, I Think; Therefore I Am
Philosopher and mathematician René Descartes is regarded as the father of modern philosophy for defining a starting point for existence, “I think; therefore I am.”
René Descartes - World History Encyclopedia
René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French mathematician, natural scientist, and philosopher, best known by the phrase 'Cogito ergo sum' ('I think therefore I am'). He published works on optics, coordinate geometry, physiology, and cosmology, however, he is mostly remembered as the "father of modern philosophy ".
Descartes: A Comprehensive Overview - Philosophos
René Descartes is widely considered one of the most influential modern philosophers, and his work has had a lasting impact on our understanding of knowledge, reality, and the nature of the mind. Descartes is also well-known for his contributions to mathematics and science.
Descartes, Rene | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
René Descartes (1596—1650) René Descartes is often credited with being the “Father of Modern Philosophy.” This title is justified due both to his break with the traditional Scholastic-Aristotelian philosophy prevalent at his time and to his development and promotion of the new, mechanistic sciences.
Rene Descartes - New World Encyclopedia
René Descartes (French IPA: [ʁə'ne de'kaʁt]) (March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650), also known as Renatus Cartesius (latinized form), was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer.
René Descartes (1596-1650) - Philosophy A Level
Often referred to as the father of modern philosophy, Descartes is known for his methodical approach to knowledge and reasoning, which he developed in works like Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) and Discourse on the Method (1637). He is perhaps most famous for his cogito argument: “I think, therefore I am.”
René Descartes: works, contributions and characteristics
René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French philosopher, scientist and mathematician, traditionally regarded as the father of modern philosophy, analytic geometry and mechanistic physics. Descartes was one of the great scientific minds of his time and remains a seminal figure in Western culture today.
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