GROUP 1
MEMBERS
ALARDE, CHEZKA APPLE C.
ANDRES, JOHN MARK L.
ANGCAO, JED L.
ARINTOK, CLARY GWAINE S.
ARON, TRISHA PAULETTE P.
BARCELONA, SHAIRA L.
BARSANA IV., ALONSO E.
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RENE DESCARTES
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It is not enough to have a good mind;
the main thing is to use it well .
- Rene Descartes
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INTRODUCTION
◉ Father of Modern Philosophy.
◉ He is a well known French mathematician and scientist.
◉ One of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution of the 17th
century.
◉ Frances greatest philosopher.
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EARLY LIFE
◉ Rene Descartes was born in La Haye, Netherlands in 1596.
◉ He was the son of a minor nobleman.
◉ By 1606 he was studying at the Jesuit college of La Fleche
located in western France.
◉ Went to Germany in the army in 1610 where he dreamed of
studying universal science.
◉ He claimed that certainty is the only basis of knowledge.
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THE SEARCH FOR INTELLECTUAL FAITH
◉ Descartes confronted many scientist and mathematicians
stating that everything is not based on probability
◉ He claimed that education excet for mathematics gave him a
little substance.
◉ Only mathematics had given him certain knowledge.
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MATHEMATICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
◉ Descartes’ greatest ◉ He also established ◉ He believe that only
contribution to the the coordinate mathematics can be
field of Mathematics plane system seen as certain, and
was developing which he therefore can be
analytical geometry, developed to used to explain the
which is applying visualize and more complex ideas
algebra to geometry. locate exact points. of the universe.
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DESCARTES’ METHOD
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BACKGROUND
◉ Descartes claim hehas also
◉ He found that he can
developed a set of
doubt pretty much
scientific principles that
everything.
had allowed him to make
many discoveries
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DESCARTES’ FOUR RULES
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Never believe anything unless you Analyze every problem into as
know it to be true. many parts as are necessary to
resolve the problem.
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Find the easiest solution and List everyday possible detail
work u to the most difficult. of a problem.
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PHILOSOPHY OF DESCARTES
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MEDITATION 1: EXISTENCE OF ALL THINGS
He expresses his doubts of the Descartes did not
existence of all things, believe that the
especially materialistic information we receive
objects. through our sense is
necessarily accurate.
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MEDITATION 2: ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY
He tried to express absolute
certainty, through his phrase,
“I think, therefore I am”.
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MEDITATION 3: THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
Causal principle: That something cannot come
from nothing.
This idea of God can’t be
I have the clear idea of A cause must be at least imperfect to me. Its cause
God. as real as it’s effect. must be God is greater so God
exist.
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Causal principle: That something
Causal
cannotprinciple:
come from That something
nothing.
Causal principle: That something
cannot come from nothing.
cannot come from nothing.
MEDITATION 4: POSSIBILITY OF ERROR
Judgement is a faculty of the When our will make
mind, resulting from the decisions, it exceeds the
interaction of the will and ability to understand
intellect. the error that arises.
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MEDITATION 5: THE ONTHOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
Descartes believe that since Therefore, If God had
the idea of God is perfect, God If God lacked existence, imperfections such as
has to exist, because without then God would no not being existent, it
existence He would lack a longer be perfect. would nolonger be the
quality of perfection. idea of God.
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MEDITATION 5: THE ONTHOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
God without existence is Because of this, God must
unintelligible, meaning that exist in his very own
existence is contained in the nature. God without
essence of an infinite existence can be compared
substance. to a mountain without a
valley.
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