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Rene Descartes

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RENE DESCARTES

PRONOUNCED "REN-AY DAY-CART"
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A FRENCH PHILOSOPHER, MATHEMATICIAN, SCIENTIST AND WRITER

1596 -1650
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the "Father of Modern Philosophy"

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responsible for one of the best-known quotations in philosophy

"COGITO, ERGO SUM" 
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"I THINK, THEREFORE, I AM"

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REVOLUTIONIZED MATHEMATICS

INVENTED THE CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM
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FOUNDER OF ANALYTIC GEoMETRY

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KEY FIGURE IN THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION OF THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES

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OUTLINED FOUR MAIN RULES FOR HIMSELF IN HIS THINKINg

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Never accept anything except clear and distinct ideas

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Divide each problem into as many parts as needed to solve it

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Order your thoughts from simple to complex

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Always check thoroughly for oversights

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method of doubt

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thought exists

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overwhelming impression of the existence of a concrete world around us

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essential step forward in 17th Century science

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Rationalism

IS ANY VIEW APPEALING TO INTELLECTUAL AND DEDUCTIVE REASOn
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reductionism

human body works like a machine
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mind or soul

do not follow the laws of physics
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dualism

mind and body - two very different and separate things
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founded analytic geometry

crucial to the subsequent development of calculus by Sir Isaac Newton
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Descartes' law

law of refraction 
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conservation of motion principle

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Major works

  • The World
  • Discourse on the Method
  • Meditations on First Philosopher
  • Principles of Philosphpy
  • The Passions
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i think, therfore, I am

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