René Descartes: The Seeker of Indubitable Truths Kharen Jade Tolentino Reason & Feeling in Modern Philosophy GL PHIL 2620 Prof B. Logan Wednesday‚ October 23‚ 12 Throughout history René Descartes has affected lives of philosophers and their ideas. Not only was René Descartes a well known philosopher he was well known for his application of algebra to geometry which led to the Cartesian geometry. In his Meditations on First Philosophy he attempted to provide philosophical evidence for
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considered to be a “century of genius” because of the many advancements and inventions during this time period. There were a great number of intellects who excelled in every field. The 17th century witnessed the work of individuals ranging from Bernini to Galileo. It is popularly viewed as the time of modern science‚ but the works in architecture and art also showed the importance of this time period. Many historians argue whether this time period was actually a century of genius or just a coincidence. The
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DESCARTES Descartes is very successful philosophers in 17th century. René Descartes is widely accepted as the father of modern philosophy. He tried to create fundamental philosophy for natural sciences. Descartes mainly focus on his philosophical contributions in the theory of knowledge and his famous work focus on the epistemological project‚ Meditations on First Philosophy. He wants to explain his thought in Meditations on First Philosophy which is as original in philosophical modus as in
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René Descartes René Descartes has been dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy"‚ but he was also one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution of the 17th Century‚ and is sometimes considered the first of the modern school of mathematics. As a young man‚ he found employment for a time as a soldier (essentially as a mercenary in the pay of various forces‚ both Catholic and Protestant). But‚ after a series of dreams or visions‚ and after meeting the Dutch philosopher and scientist Isaac Beeckman
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Ape Genius The movie I watched was Ape Genius on PBS. It was a documentary about what separates us humans from our close relatives‚ the apes. Before watching this movie‚ I honestly never found anything interesting about apes at all. I thought they were weird looking animals who just liked to pick at each other all day and eat. However‚ after watching this‚ my perspective on these creatures drastically changed. After seeing the way they interest with humans and how smart and social they are‚ I realized
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DESCARTES’ COGITO ARGUMENT Discourse‚ Part Four‚ pg. 19 – 20 1. Anything that is the slightest bit open to doubt‚ I reject as completely false. 2. My senses sometimes deceive me therefore they are open to doubt. 3. Everything that comes to me through the senses should be rejected as completely false. (1‚ 2) 4. My reasoning‚ like that of any other human being‚ is fallible and therefore open to doubt. 5. All conclusions that I arrive at by using my reasoning should be
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in Mediations on First Philosophy‚ Rene Descartes‚ nothing can be certain. Similarly‚ in The Matrix‚ the Wachowski brothers raise the question of how does anyone know what is real and what is not? The Wachowski brothers and Descartes describe their ideas about knowledge and epistemology through skepticism. Knowledge is a justified‚ true belief. According to Descartes‚ knowledge comes from two sources: Experiences‚ which are the senses‚ and reason. Descartes starts his argument by stating that many
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Descartes was the first mathematician to use the notation where the letters at the beginning of the alphabet represent data and the letters at the end of the alphabet to represent variables or unknowns. Descartes’ understanding of algebra was deep. He stated that the number of distinct roots of an equation is equal to the degree of the equation. Descartes was willing to consider negative (he called them false roots) and imaginary roots. He developed a rule for determining the number of positive
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Reaction Paper: Flash of Genius The movie Flash of Genius which is based on a true story depicts a battle of an innovator against a big company for patent infringement. Bob Kearns who invented the intermittent windscreen wiper did not hesitate to file a case against one of the biggest automotive companies‚ Ford corporation. Kearns’ situation is a classic example of a David and Goliath story. No matter how small you are in the eyes of dominant people‚ you can still achieve triumph as long as you
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First Year Experience Novel for Fall 2010 California State University‚ Bakersfield Burro Genius: A Memoir By Victor Villasenor ~Teacher’s Edition~ Module Written by Abby Flachmann | |Reading Rhetorically | | |Prereading | |English(Language
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