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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
- 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')
- Descartes: A Comprehensive Overview - Philosophos
Rene Descartes is one of the most influential and important philosophers of the modern era His groundbreaking work in metaphysics, epistemology, and mathematics are renowned for their contributions to the development of the modern philosophical tradition
- 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
- Descartes’ Life and Works - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Descartes has been heralded as the first modern philosopher He is famous for having made an important connection between geometry and algebra, which allowed for the solving of geometrical problems by way of algebraic equations
- Descartes, Rene | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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 His fundamental break with Scholastic philosophy was twofold
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