Midterms Flashcards
He is a french philosopher a mathematician and scientist
Rene Descartes
Who is the father of modern western philosophy?
Rene Descartes
Who is the first thinker that uses reason to describe, predict and understand phenomena based on observation and empirical evidence
Rene Descartes
Describe Rene Descartes
French philo
Mathematician
Scientist
First thinker to use reason to describe, predict and understand phenomena based on observation and empirical evidence
Distinction between the soul and body as described by Rene Descartes
The soul is conscious thinking substance that is unaffected by time while the body is a material substance that changes over time.
The soul is only known to self (others cannot correct your mental state) the body can be doubted and public can correct claims about it.
The soul is not made up of parts while the body is made up of physical, quantifiable, visible parts
What is doubt according to rene Descartes and other term for doubt
Doubt is a principal tool for disciplined inquiry; this method is called hyperbolical/metaphysical doubt/ or methodological scepticism. A systematic process of being sceptical about the truth of one’s belief in order to determine which beliefs could be ascertained as true.
Self according to descartes
Self is constant and not prone to change and can’t be affected by time.
The immaterial soul is the source of our identity.
Who said cogito ergo sum
Rene Descartes
Cogito ergo sum means?
Explain
I think therefore I am
