be gone thoughts!
what properties determine the essence of material things according to Descartes?
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geometrical properties?
descartes is a _______ because he believes we cannot trust our _______.
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rationalist, senses?
in descartes' great vision, which helped to define the rest of his life's work, he came to realize that:
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mathematics can be used as a key to understanding nature, as everything in the world could be geometrically represented and therefore could be analyzed mathematically.
cartesian dualism focuses on the distinction of what two concepts?
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mind/body?
rene descartes was born in _____ in ______.
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1596, france?
the running principle that runs at the heart of descartes methods (and subsequently his meditations) is:
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that we ought to withhold assent from anything uncertain, just as much as from what we see clearly to be false?
in order to promote the direction and certainty of his thought processes, descartes forms "rules of method" to guide him in his scientific work. which of the following is not one of descartes rules?
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all truth can be simplified by using mathematics to analyze and model it?
for descartes a truth had to be clear and distinct where clear meant _______ and distinct meant _______.
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present and apparent, precise and different from all other objects?
how did rene descartes prove that he was real?
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he said that because he was thinking about if he was real or not, he must be real?
descartes is dubbed the father of what?
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modern philosophy?
descartes believed our senses limited our perceptions of what was true. to illustrate this point he used a piece of:
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wax?
descartes believed the soul lived in which part of the body?
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the pineal gland?
descartes' most famous quote, "cogito ergo sum" means:
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¨I think, therefore I am.¨?
why was descartes against scholasticism?
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they did not quanitfy things; used qualitative terms to describe nature. and said the universe had purpose but everything acts mechanically except for mankind who have free will?
upon hearing the trial and condemnation of galileo for his heliocentric views, descartes postponed the publishing of what?
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the world?
what kind of reality does the idea of god have?
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infinite objective reality?
what faculties combined are responsible for human error?
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the will and the understanding?
how did descartes believe the body contacts the mind?
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through the pineal gland
what is the difference between priori and posteriori knowledge?
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born with this knowledge before you experience it vs knowledge you gain from experience?
in 1606, descartes studied at la fleche, which was a _____ school.
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jesuit?