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

Watson, Richard

 
9781567923353: Cogito, Ergo Sum: The Life of Rene Descartes
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.

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

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