In science, Descartes discarded tradition and to an extent supported the same method as Francis Bacon, but with emphasis on rationalization and logic rather than upon experiences. In physical theory his doctrines were formulated as a compromise between his devotion to Roman Catholicism and his commitment to the scientific method, which met opposition in the church officials of the day. Mathematics was his greatest interest; building upon the work of others, he originated the Cartesian coordinates and Cartesian curves; he is often said to be the founder of analytical geometry. To algebra he contributed the treatment of negative roots and the convention of exponent notation. He made numerous advances in optics, such as his study of the reflection and refraction of light. He wrote a text on physiology, and he also worked in psychology; he contended that emotion was finally physiological at base and argued that the control of the physical expression of emotion would control the emotions themselves. His chief work on psychology is in his Traité des passions de l'âme (1649)
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Rene Descartes was a French mathematician who created coordinated geometry
Rene Descartes is credited with being the first modern rationalist, following in the footsteps of Plato and Aristotle. Despite this, Descartes was never very vocal when it came to politics, but this didn't stop people from proclaiming him as the inspiration for the French Revolution and the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
It sounds like that Rene Descartes wanted to be a teacher and teach different types of subjects.
Rene Descartes valued rationality and human logic. Descartes is famous for his sentence, "I think, therefore I am." It was the mind that Descartes valued more than anything else.
Rene Descartes was a man (boy as young).
Rene desscartes was the father of mathematics.
Rene Descartes was a French mathematician who created coordinated geometry
Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes and Francis Bacon are known for their philosophical contributions in the scientific revolution. Descartes contributions are in the areas of science and mathematics. He came up with the reasoning to the issues in these areas which are truth based and incontrovertible. While Francis Baconâ??s Scientific Method stressed on to replace the deductive reasoning by inductive reasoning.
he allowed math to go further than anyone else did
Descartes is best remembered for what is known as the Cartesian Coordinate System, which is the familiar graph having an x axis and a perpendicular y axis.
One of Descartes simple but important contributions to the field of mathematics is his notation, which made exponents into a superscript after the root. He also came up with the formula for reflection and refraction and the Cartesian plane
Rene Descartes was a real person. Nobody invented him!
Rene Descartes was a French mathematician who created coordinated geometry.
Rene Descartes was a French mathematician and in the early 17th century he introduced what we call today the Cartesian coordinate plane in which graphs are plotted.
Rene Descartes was the father of rationalism.
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