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By Collin Rooney. Ren é Descartes. Early Life. Born in France – 1596 Became licensed in law form Poitiers University While stationed in Germany he had 3 dreams Thrown down near a college by a whirlwind Woke up to see sparks in a stove
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By Collin Rooney René Descartes
Early Life • Born in France – 1596 • Became licensed in law form Poitiers University • While stationed in Germany he had 3 dreams • Thrown down near a college by a whirlwind • Woke up to see sparks in a stove • Finds a dictionary and anthology of ancient Latin Poets by his bed.
Philosophical Work • Regarded as the first person to back up basic scientific concepts with philosophy • Discourse on Method • Makes a set of principles that a person can view as true • Uses Hyperbolical/Metaphysical doubt or methodological skepticism • “Cogito ergo sum” – “I think, therefore I am”
Discourse on Method • Six parts • How to Think Correctly • Said that our knowledge is based on first opinions • The Method of Science • Filter out Doubt • Divide difficulties • Start with the Simplest • Make Lists Tables and Diagrams
Discourse on Method • Morals and Maxims while using Method • 3 Maxims saying he is trying to be a good boy. • Proof of God and the Soul • No doubt, something has to Doubt • “I think, therefore I am.” • Included 3 different proofs of God (Controversy) • Doubt cannot doubt reason because it is made of reason
Discourse on Method • Physics, the heart, the soul of man and animals • Describes scientific laws, talks about nature the moon • Says Body and Soul are separate • Experiments • Shows the application of the method in math and science
Meditations on First Philosophy • Describes his Metaphysical System • Expands his Philosophical System created in Discourse on Method • Six different Meditations – all refer to the later meditation as “yesterday” • Essentially talks about the same stuff as Discourse on Method
Other stuff • In Principles of Philosophy – talks about his Laws of physics or the natural world, Contains Law of Inertia • In Passions of the Soul and The Descriptions of the Human Body he referenced Dualism – separation of mind and body • Cartesian Geometry • First to use superscript notation
And Oh Yeah, HE DIED