Cartesianism

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Cartesianism is the philosophical system developed by René Descartes, centered on rationalism, mind–body dualism, and the use of methodical doubt to establish certain knowledge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf epistemological theory
metaphysical doctrine
philosophical system
rationalist philosophy
aimsAt indubitable foundations of knowledge
associatedWithWork Discourse on the Method
Meditations on First Philosophy
Principles of Philosophy
criticizedBy David Hume
George Berkeley
Immanuel Kant
John Locke
developedInCentury 17th century
emphasizes a priori knowledge
certainty in knowledge
mathematical method in philosophy
rationalism
field epistemology
metaphysics
philosophy of mind
foundedBy René Descartes
hasCoreConcept clear and distinct ideas
cogito ergo sum
deductive reasoning
innate ideas
mechanistic view of nature
methodical doubt
mind–body dualism
rational intuition
substance dualism
hasDoctrine causal principle of ideas
interactionist dualism
ontological argument for God’s existence
representational theory of perception
influenced Enlightenment thought
continental rationalism
early modern science
modern philosophy
rationalist tradition
influencedPhilosopher Baruch Spinoza
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Nicolas Malebranche
languageOfOrigin French
Latin
namedAfter René Descartes
proposes God as infinite perfect substance
body as extended substance
mind as thinking substance
sharp distinction between mind and body
regionOfOrigin France
usesMethod hyperbolic doubt
systematic doubt

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Cartesian Linguistics subject Cartesianism
Cartesian Linguistics focusesOn Cartesian philosophy
linked to: Cartesianism
René Descartes movement Cartesianism
René Descartes hasPhilosophicalConcept Cartesian doubt
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German Enlightenment influencedBy Rationalism
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Port-Royal Grammar intellectualTradition Cartesian rationalism
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Christian Wolff movement Rationalism
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Principles of Cartesian Philosophy philosophicalContext Dutch Cartesianism
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Frans van Schooten associatedWith Cartesianism
Rules for the Direction of the Mind influenced Cartesian method
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Principles of Philosophy influenced Cartesianism
Spinozism rejects Cartesian dualism
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Nicolas Malebranche movement Cartesianism
Monadology philosophicalTradition Rationalism
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Proof of an External World arguesAgainst Cartesian skepticism
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phenomenology influencedBy Cartesian philosophy
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Rule VI philosophicalTradition Cartesianism
Rule XX philosophicalSchoolOfAuthor Cartesianism
Rule XXI hasPhilosophicalMethod Cartesian method
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Sixth Meditation supportsDoctrine Cartesian dualism
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Rule XIV associatedWith Cartesian method
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Rule XVII relatedTo Cartesian method
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Rule XXIV includedIn Cartesian method
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verum factum principle contrastsWith Cartesian rationalism
linked to: Cartesianism