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R. Descartes (1596 – 1650), French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. His major works include Discours de la méthode (1637), Meditationes de prima philosophia (1641), and Principia philosophiae (1644). He mainly worked on philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and mathematics.
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World/thinking: Questions about the reality of the world in comparison to perception and interpretation by the mind are central to philosophy. To what extent is objective knowledge or "objective" perception possible? Can thinking not only overcome the limitations of perception but also recognize them in the first place? See also perception, thinking, knowledge, cognition, objectivity, world, reality._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Black, Max | World/Thinking | Black | |
Brandom, Robert | World/Thinking | Brandom | |
Davidson, Donald | World/Thinking | Davidson | |
Deacon, Terrence W. | World/Thinking | Deacon | |
Descartes, R. | World/Thinking | Descartes | |
Eco, Umberto | World/Thinking | Eco | |
Frith, Chris | World/Thinking | Frith | |
Gärdenfors, Peter | World/Thinking | Gärdenfors | |
Goodman, Nelson | World/Thinking | Goodman | |
Luhmann, Niklas | World/Thinking | Luhmann | |
McDowell, John | World/Thinking | McDowell | |
McGinn, Colin | World/Thinking | McGinn | |
Millikan, Ruth | World/Thinking | Millikan | |
Nagel, Thomas | World/Thinking | Nagel | |
Nietzsche, Friedrich | World/Thinking | Nietzsche | |
Putnam, Hilary | World/Thinking | Putnam | |
Rorty, Richard | World/Thinking | Rorty | |
Sellars, Wilfrid | World/Thinking | Sellars | |
Thomas Aquinas | World/Thinking | Thomas Aquinas | |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig | World/Thinking | Wittgenstein | |
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