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Cogito, ergo sum: René Descartes

Sociology & PhilosophyBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)February 3, 2011Leave a comment

Descartes spans the gap between classical philosophy and modern philosophy; this movement is from wonder to doubt.  A rough dividing line for these periods is 1600. Descartes was no fool – he belongs in the pantheon of the greatest mathematicians ever to live. He invented the Cartesian plane, and his thinking is in-line with a…

Famous Psychologists: Big Names in Psychology

Sociology & PhilosophyBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)January 16, 2011Leave a comment

Wilhelm WUNDT Father of psychology, wanted to establish the study of the mind as a science. Analyzed the mind in terms of its basic components [STRUCTURALISM] William JAMES Prof of psych, philo and physiology at Harvard. Was a “big-picture” person and liked to look at things as a whole [FUNCTIONALISM] Wolfgang KOHLER Researched apes and…

Rene Descartes’ Meditations: Summary & Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)December 20, 2010Leave a comment

In Rene Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy, he is trying to explain and theorize that humans are more than just a shape with mass. He does so by creating the concept of the ‘I’ – or ego. I do not completely agree with Descartes’ beliefs of mathematics, his designation of the ego, and his use…

Rene Descartes: Background, Book, Ideas

HistoryBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)December 15, 2010Leave a comment

Background Grew up in the medieval world where the questions of science Structured deeply by Aristotle and theology Descartes’ project: To establish new foundations for science Lodge the new foundation into mathematics A new source of veridicality (absolute certainty or truth) > new sense of self > Thinking “I” Text Discourse on Method Thesis of…

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