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Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) continues to be a standard text at most university philosophy departments. Descartes' influence in mathematics is equally apparent, being the namesake of the Cartesian coordinate system. He is credited as the father of analytic geometry—used in the discovery of infinitesimal calculus and analysis.
Descartes' Le Monde, 1664 The World, also called Treatise on the Light (French title: Traité du monde et de la lumière), is a book by René Descartes (1596–1650). Written between 1629 and 1633, it contains a nearly complete version of his philosophy, from method, to metaphysics, to physics and biology.
Learn about René Descartes' famous treatise on his method of doubt and his famous statement "I think, therefore I am". The web page also covers the book's organization, content, and influence in modern philosophy and science.
A book by neuroscientist António Damásio that challenges Descartes' mind/body dualism and argues for the role of emotions in rational thought and decision-making. The web page provides a brief summary of the book's content, publication data, and some reviews from journals and books.
Cartesianism is the system of René Descartes and his followers, who emphasized reason and innate ideas over sensory experience. It influenced many thinkers in the 17th and 18th centuries, but also faced criticism and opposition.
A popular science book by Fontenelle that explains the heliocentric model and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. It is one of the first works of cosmic pluralism and the Age of Enlightenment, and was translated into several languages.
A philosophical treatise by René Descartes on metaphysics, published in Latin in 1641. It consists of six meditations, in which Descartes tries to establish what can be known for sure, starting from the doubt of everything except his own existence as a thinking thing.
It was written in Latin, published in 1644 and dedicated to Elisabeth of Bohemia, with whom Descartes had a long-standing friendship. A French version (Les Principes de la Philosophie) followed in 1647. The book sets forth the principles of nature—the Laws of Physics—as Descartes viewed them. Most notably, it set forth the principle that in ...