Dualism and Rationalism The French philosopher‚ Rene Descartes (1596-1650)‚ approached knowledge from quite a different stance than did John Locke. For Descartes‚ man has ultimate knowledge of his own existence because he is a thinking being – cogito ergo sum – "I think‚ therefore I am." Thus the foundations of knowledge consist of a set of first‚ "self-evident" principles‚ a priori principles. The mind is not an empty cabinet but is filled with universal‚ though not readily known‚ principles
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Descartes and Hobbes: Indubitable Truth In the early 17th century‚ a period known as the Scientific Revolution‚ French philosopher Rene Descartes developed an alternative approach to expanding knowledge and understanding of the world from the traditional Scholastic Aristotelianism. In 1640‚ English philosopher Thomas moved to France to escape the English Civil War. This around the time when Descartes wrote his famous works Discourse on the Method in 1637 and Meditations in 1641. Hobbes began writing
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English Renaissance drama grew out of the established Medieval tradition of the mystery and morality plays. These public spectacles focused on religious subjects and were generally enacted by either choristers and monks‚ or a town’s tradesmen (as later seen lovingly memorialized by Shakespeare’s ’mechanicals’ in A Midsummer Night’s Dream). At the end of the fifteenth century‚ a new type of play appeared. These short plays and revels were performed at noble households and at court‚ especially at
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the value of m and of n. (5) (b)Find a unit vector‚ u‚ normal to both a and b. (5) (c)The plane 1 contains the point A (1‚ –1‚ 1) and is normal to b. The plane intersects the x‚ y and z axes at the points L‚ M and N respectively. (i)Find a Cartesian equation of 1. (ii)Write down the coordinates of L‚ M and N. (5) (d)The line through the origin‚ O‚ normal to π1 meets π1 at the point P. (i)Find the coordinates of P. (ii)Hence find the distance of π1 from the origin. (7) (e)The plane 2
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HL Vectors Notes 1. Vector or Scalar Many physical quantities such as area‚ length‚ mass and temperature are completely described once the magnitude of the quantity is given. Such quantities are called “scalars.” Other quantities possess the properties of magnitude and direction. A quantity of this kind is called a “vector” quantity. Winds are usually described by giving their speed and direction; say 20 km/h north east. The wind speed and wind direction together form a vector quantity
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Chapter 2 Forces To study the effect of forces acting on particles. 2.1 Equilibrium of a Particle 2.2 Free Body Diagram 2.3 Force Vectors 2.4 Forces in a Plane 2.5 Forces in Space Expected Outcomes • Understand the condition for a particle to be in static equilibrium • Able to construct free body diagrams • Able to solve for the forces acting on a static particle 2.1 Equilibrium of a Particle www.classical.com/features 2.1.1 Condition for the Equilibrium of a Particle
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René Descartes (1596—1650) René Descartes is often credited with being the “Father of Modern Philosophy.” This title is justified due both to his break with the traditional Scholastic-Aristotelian philosophy prevalent at his time and to his development and promotion of the new‚ mechanistic sciences. His fundamental break with Scholastic philosophy was twofold. First‚ Descartes thought that the Scholastics’ method was prone to doubt given their reliance on sensation as the source for all knowledge
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Critical Thinking and the Christian Perspective: A Response to Baird and Soden by Wendy Dutton‚ Thomas Hart and Rebecca Patten Patten College In their article‚ "Cartesian Values and the Critical Thinking Movement‚" Faculty Dialogue (Winter 1993)‚ Dr. Forrest Baird and Dr. Dale Soden critique the critical thinking movement by suggesting that it is based on Descartes’s paradigm. Unlike educators who find the
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paper is on the most significant premises found in Cartesian dualism‚ namely the mind-body dualism. Proposed initialy by French philosopher-mathematician Rene Descartes‚ the claim for an independent relationship between the existence of intelligable and corporeal things has developed into an important line of divergence even among the contemporary philosophers. Remaining as one of the most significant puzzles in the history of philosophy‚ Cartesian argument on the mind-body problem (as evident on Meditation
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Are We a Mind‚ a Body or Both? Of all the topics that are currently occupying the attention of philosophers‚ the Mind-Body problem is at center stage. It is one of the classical metaphysical issues concerning the relationship between that which is mental and that which is physical. The simple question asked is: what are we? Are we a mind‚ a body or both? The issue has its origins in the ancient dualism of Plato and since then many solutions to the problem have been offered. D.M. Armstrong s The Mind-Body
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