“Cogito, ergo sum” – “I think, therefore I am” – is probably the most famous line ever uttered by a philosopher, and likely the only Latin some Americans know. So today, on what would have been the ...
In 1644, the French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician René Descartes formulated several “laws of nature,” which helped lay the groundwork for classical physics and the Scientific Revolution.
Most Americans probably have only a vague notion of Rene Descartes, the 17th-century French philosopher and mathematician, as the guy who declared, "Cogito ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am"). It's ...
It is well known in the history of psychology that Descartes was an early thinker on what we would now call classical conditioning or Pavlovian conditioning, which he referred to as "reflex". Most ...
Early Science and Medicine, Vol. 12, No. 1 (2007), pp. 28-54 (27 pages) Descartes' account of the material world relies heavily on time. Most importantly, time is a component of speed, which figures ...
Mehdi Qanbari is the translator of the book published by Elmi-Farhangi. René Descartes is arguably the most important seventeenth-century thinker and the father of modern philosophy. Yet his unique ...
Freelance journalist, ataxia sufferer, writer, unapologetic feminist, world traveller wannabe. Freelance journalist, ataxia sufferer, writer, unapologetic feminist, world traveller wannabe. It's fair ...
In 1644, the French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician René Descartes formulated several “laws of nature,” which helped lay the groundwork for classical physics and the Scientific Revolution.
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