René Descartes (/ deɪˈkɑːrt / day-KART, also UK: / ˈdeɪkɑːrt / DAY-kart, [2][3] French: [ʁəne dekaʁt] ⓘ; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and …

Nov 8, 2025 · Rene Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher, generally regarded as the founder of modern Western philosophy. He is known for his epistemological foundationalism …

René Descartes (1596—1650) 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 …

Apr 9, 2001 · 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 …

Sep 22, 2020 · 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'). He …

René Descartes The Method Meditations and Philosophy M. Walter Dunne, Washington and London, 1901 Elizabeth S. Haldane Descartes: His Life and Times John Murray, London, 1905 …

René Descartes (31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a famous French philosopher and physicist. He wrote books that are very important in the fields of maths, physics and especially …

Western philosophy - Rationalism, Descartes, Mind-Body Dualism: The dominant philosophy of the last half of the 17th century was that of René Descartes. A crucial figure in the history of …

René Descartes: The Mind-Body Distinction One of the deepest and most lasting legacies of Descartes’ philosophy is his thesis that mind and body are really distinct—a thesis now called …

Dec 3, 2008 · 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 …