Descartes, René D Philosophers

Descartes, René D Philosophers

Descartes, René

René Descartes, 1596-1650. A French thinker who wrote primarily in Latin, he is often considered the founder of modern philosophy. His contributions to science (namely physics and optics) and the theory of scientific method were substantial.

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- Article by Lex Newman from the Stanford Encyclopedia.
- A brief discussion of the life and works of Rene Descartes, with links to electronic texts and additional information by Garth Kemerling.
- Interpretations of René Descartes' ontology of necessities and possibilities; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by David Cunning.
- A biographical essay, some links and resources, and a sectionalized etext of his Discourse on the Method.
- Discussion of René Descartes ontological proof of the existence of God; by Lawrence Nolan.
- Web directory of René Descartes, from projectlinks.org.
- Entry on Descartes from the Encyclopedia. Includes an assessment of his philosophy.
- Part of lecture notes to a course on Later Medieval Philosophy by John Kilcullen at Macquarie University.
- Descartes' rationalism and Bacon's empiricism had to be combined to produce the modern scientific method.
- A brief and useful overview of Descartes' life and thinking on Wikipedia.
- An overview of the significance of Descartes' philosophy.
- Class notes by Stephen Daniel, Texas A&M University.
- Biography, method, philosophy and heritage. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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