Early Life
At what age did Descartes begin college?
What is the age of 10?
1st: What was required of anything in order for it to be true?
unless it presented itself so clearly and distinctly to my mind that there was no reason to doubt it?
The changing of form, but never being able to disappear
What is extension?
Descartes' belief that truth would emerge with careful use of reason coined him as a ______
What is a rationalist?
What was the occupation of Descartes father?
What is a lawyer?
2nd: Descartes used the strategy of analysis to break problems into _______
What is subproblems?
______ ideas derive from experience
What are Derived ideas?
Descartes received this label due to his belief that we think certain ways based of off experiences
What is a Nativist?
What country is Descartes from?
What is France?
3rd: From least complex to most complex what order would Descartes work through subproblems?
What is least complex to most complex?
Descartes wrote within his book "The Passions of the Soul," automatic stimulus-response reaction is the definition of what term?
What is a reflex?
Descartes was labeled as a dualist, which is defined as someone who believes in the separation of ______ and _____
What is mind and body?
What was Descartes classified as prior to becoming a philosopher?
What is a scientist (studied physics, optics, geometry, and physiology)?
4th: What must be listed in order to assure truth?
What is all possible problems?
These tiny particle like spirits were said to be constantly flowing through the brain, the nerves and muscles derived from the heat and blood were known as what?
What is animal spirits?
What label of Descartes' is defined as the body being like a complicated machine?
What is a mechanist?
Why did Descartes not publish his book "The World"?
Galileo's work of similar nature had been condemned by the Catholic Church?
Who does Descartes credit in his learned ability to be precise and logical with his thinking?
What is the Jesuits?
The concept of extension and that forms can change yet never disappear is known as what?
What is innate ideas?
Descartes was also a interactionist meaning he believed the ____ could have a direct influence on the _____
What is mind and body?