Cogito, Ergo Sum: The Life of Rene Descartes - Softcover

Watson, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1567923356 ISBN 13: 9781567923353

Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher Inc, 2007

Synopsis

Rene Descartes (1596-1650) was a highly influential philosopher, mathematician, and scientist and is regarded as the "Father of modern philosophy and mathematics". His invention of analytical geometry - the basis of calculus - made physics, as we know it today, possible; he perfected the method of proposing and testing hypotheses, which has become the basis of all modern science. He is perhaps most famous for his philosophical thinking - and his conclusion "I think, therefore I am." "Cogito, Ergo Sum" is the first biography of Descartes to be published since 1920 that uses extensive original field and archival research. It is explicitly the life of Descartes, in the flesh and blood, rather than a technical analysis of his philosophical, scientific, and mathematical ideas - and a compelling read.

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About the Author

Richard Watson is a highly distinguished Cartesian scholar and Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St Louis.

Edition details

• Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1567923356
• ISBN 13: 9781567923353
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384