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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Christian Wolff → movement → Rationalism ⓘ
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