Rene Descartes
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Rene Descartes
rationalism
father of modern philosophy
already fascinated by certainty
and precision of mathematics at
an early age.
He wants philosophy to be like
math
Math - definition (certain)
not contributing anything new
(always synonyms)
Quest
written in meditations
to look into Problem of Intellectul Uncertainty and to establish a firm
foundation for knowledge.
to arrive at a system of thought whose various principles are connected
and could move easily from one true principle to another.
Descartes gave philosophy a fresh start by using only those truth he could
know through his own power as the foundation for all othe knowledge.
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