Rene Descartes was one of the most important and influential thinkers in human history. Both modern mathematics and modern philosophy began with the work of Rene Descartes. He is often referred to as the father of modern philosophy. His invention of coordinate geometry paved the way for advances ...

Summary #1 In Descartes First Meditation he is talking about how he has found many errors in things that he always believed to be true. Thus, he is now doubting his opinions and beliefs because they are all based on everything he believed to be true. After realizing this he thought about sta...

Aristotle believed that for something to be real it had to have a substance and a form or a body and a soul. Aristotle found no difference between matter and form, relying on nature to explain itself. He believed that each person can see form differently. What makes a table a table? The way Aris...

· Primary qualities vs. Secondary qualities o Objects have qualities that are "the power to produce any idea in our mind" o Primary qualities: really exist in the objects themselves § solidity, extension, figure (shape), motion or rest, number o Secondary qualities: produc...

The argument of principality is a deep issue discussed in The Crito. Socrates was a solid and true believer in morality and the role that it plays in discovering principle. The argument put forth is that principle creates an honorable, or in more plain terms, an incorruptible life. We as human be...

For as long as I can remember, my house was always crowded with people involved in science, causing me to grow up believing that a scientist was a synonym for an honest, committed, and distinguished individual. It seemed like being a scientist was the only occupation in which one was not simply va...

Introduction Rene Descartes was a famous French mathematician, scientist and philosopher. He was arguably the first major philosopher in the modern era to make a serious effort to defeat skepticism. His views about knowledge and certainty, as well as his views about the relationship between mind a...

Heaven and hell. Jesus Christ and Satan. Joseph and Mary.Christmas and Hanukkah. We have all heard these terms throughout our lives. Chances are we all have differing ideas on the meanings of these, and they all affect us in different ways. Since the beginning of time, people have been fighting for...

Heaven and hell. Jesus Christ and Satan. Joseph and Mary.Christmas and Hanukkah. We have all heard these terms throughout our lives. Chances are we all have differing ideas on the meanings of these, and they all affect us in different ways. Since the beginning of time, people have been fighting for...