【按语:Descartes(1596-1650)的《第一哲学沉思集:论上帝的存在和人的灵魂与肉体之间的实在区别》(1641)正文虽然篇幅不长,却是划时代的巨著:一方面,心灵在纯粹的反思中通过作为表象的观念把握到自我、物质和上帝并做出区分。这一认识论路径直接规定了斯宾诺莎、莱布尼茨、洛克、贝克莱、休谟乃至康德等人的问题意识甚至探究...
Descartes considered each particle of matter an inert and passive mass. Motion, which Descartes reduced to the displacement of bodies, was always the result of an impulse given by one body to another. The universal cause of motion in Descartes’s dualist conception is god, who created matter ...
Rene Descartes’ explanation of pain has long been acknowledged in medicine. He proposed that pain is a purely physical phenomenon — that tissue injury makes specific nerves send a signal to the brain, causing the mind to notice pain. The phenomenon, he said, is like pulling on a rope to...
Rene Descartes was a rationalist who believed that knowledge of the world can be gained by the exercise of pure reason, while empiricist like Locke believed that knowledge of the world came through senses. Descartes from his meditations deduced from intuitive first principles the existence of self,...
He writes, “By the name of God I understand a substance that is infinite, independent, all-knowing, all powerful, and which myself and everything else…have been created.”(16) Descartes uses this description of God to display the distinction between God and man. 916 Words 4 Pages ...
38. “I think; therefore I am.”—René Descartes 39. “The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.”René Descartes 40. “Everything is self-evident.”—René Descartes 41. “For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by...
Binswanger, understanding Heidegger's emphasis on existential freedom as self-determination or "world-design," has been criticized (including by Heidegger) as being "too Cartesian," as failing fully to appreciate that each individual is thrown into a world not of his or her own making. In ...
Rene Descartes’ explanation of pain has long been acknowledged in medicine.He proposed that pain is a purely physical phenomenon – that tissue injury makes specific nerves send a signal to the brain, causing the mind to notice pain.The phenomenon, he said, is like pulling on a rope to rin...
What is David Hume's objection to the theory that we always act from self-interest? What was the foundation and basis of Descartes system of knowledge? a. The fact that, in some instances, the information presented by the senses is false. b. The idea that the human mind ...
Rene Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher, generally regarded as the founder of modern Western philosophy. He is known for his epistemological foundationalism as expressed in the cogito (‘I think, therefore I am’), his metaphysical dualism,