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| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Mathematician gptkb:Scientist |
| gptkbp:associated_with |
gptkb:Scientific_Revolution
gptkb:Enlightenment Mathematical physics Rationalism Modern philosophy |
| gptkbp:birth_date |
March 31, 1596
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| gptkbp:birth_year |
1596
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| gptkbp:born |
March 31, 1596
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| gptkbp:born_in |
gptkb:La_Haye_en_Touraine
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| gptkbp:burial_place |
gptkb:Église_Saint-Germain-des-Prés
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| gptkbp:child |
Francesca Descartes
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| gptkbp:contribution |
gptkb:Cartesian_dualism
Cogito, ergo sum rationalism dualism theory of knowledge Analytical geometry Method of doubt analytical geometry method of doubt Cartesian doubt |
| gptkbp:death_date |
February 11, 1650
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| gptkbp:death_year |
1650
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| gptkbp:died |
February 11, 1650
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| gptkbp:died_in |
gptkb:Stockholm
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| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:University_of_Poitiers
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| gptkbp:famous_quote |
Cogito, ergo sum
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. I think, therefore I am. The more perfect a thing is, the more it resembles the divine. Cogito, ergo sum. The use of reason is to be able to think. |
| gptkbp:famous_work |
gptkb:Discourse_on_the_Method
gptkb:Meditations_on_First_Philosophy Principles of Philosophy |
| gptkbp:field |
gptkb:science
gptkb:Mathematics gptkb:philosophy |
| gptkbp:has_student_body |
gptkb:Isaac_Beeckman
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
René Descartes
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| gptkbp:influence |
gptkb:Cartesianism
Rationalism metaphysics rationalism Modern philosophy |
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Immanuel_Kant
gptkb:John_Locke gptkb:David_Hume gptkb:Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz gptkb:Baruch_Spinoza |
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:St._Augustine
gptkb:Galileo_Galilei gptkb:Aristotle |
| gptkbp:known_for |
gptkb:Discourse_on_the_Method
gptkb:Meditations_on_First_Philosophy gptkb:philosophy Cartesian coordinate system Cogito, ergo sum philosophical skepticism analytical geometry |
| gptkbp:legacy |
gptkb:Cartesianism
influence on mathematics Cartesian product Cartesian plane influence on science influence on psychology influence on logic founder of modern philosophy Descartes' rule of signs |
| gptkbp:nationality |
gptkb:French
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| gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Mathematician gptkb:Scientist gptkb:Writer |
| gptkbp:philosophy |
gptkb:Mind-body_dualism
Epistemology Mathematical method Metaphysics Existentialism Skepticism Nature of reality The problem of evil The relationship between faith and reason The nature of knowledge clear and distinct perceptions mind-body problem The nature of existence The nature of perception The relationship between mind and body The nature of truth The limits of human understanding Philosophical skepticism The role of reason substance dualism The nature of the self The role of intuition God's existence The relationship between philosophy and science cogito The significance of the mind Clear and distinct perceptions Cogito argument God's existence argument Mechanistic view of the universe Rationalism vs. Empiricism The concept of substance The importance of clarity and distinctness The nature of causation The nature of the physical world The role of mathematics in philosophy The significance of doubt |
| gptkbp:place_of_birth |
La Haye en Touraine, France
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| gptkbp:place_of_death |
gptkb:Stockholm,_Sweden
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| gptkbp:residence |
gptkb:Amsterdam
gptkb:Paris gptkb:Utrecht |
| gptkbp:spouse |
Helena Jans van der Strom
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| gptkbp:wrote |
gptkb:The_World
Geometry Principles of Philosophy Rules for the Direction of the Mind Passions of the Soul |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:France
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
3
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