Early Life
At what age did Descartes begin college?
What is the age of 8?
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 made him a ______
What is a rationalist?
Descartes created a system by which to represent curves on a graph as algebraic equations and vice versa
What is Cartesian Geometry?
What was Descartes's first job?
What is the military?
2nd: Descartes used the strategy of analysis to break problems into _______
What is subproblems?
______ ideas derive from experience
What are Derived ideas?
Mind, body, and God
What are the 3 postulates?
An explanation for rainbows and other phenomena observable in a glass prism
What is Descartes’ Law of Refraction?
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?
The religion Descartes practiced
What is Catholicism?
Descartes was labeled as a dualist, which is defined as someone who believes in the separation of ______ and _____
What is mind and body?
Three types of matter: luminous (stars), transparent (space), and opaque (solid objects)
What are Vortices?
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?
A logical approach where you progress from general ideas to specific conclusions
What is deductive reasoning?
Descartes believed this was given knowledge from God
What is the mind?
The view that the sun is the center of the solar system
What is the heliocentric view?
What was the reason Descartes did not publish his book "The World"?
What is the Catholic Church?
The group who taught Descartes the concept of being 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 argument for the postulate of the mind
What is "I think, therefore, I am"?
A logical approach where you progress from general ideas to specific conclusions
What is deductive reasoning?