Descartes

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Descartes

       Descartes was a "jack of all trades", making major contributions to the areas of anatomy, cognitive
       science, optics, mathematics and philosophy. Underlying his methodology is the belief that all science is
       based on mathematics. This is manifested in his unification of ancient geometry and his new alegbra based
       on the Cartesian coodinate system.

       For Descartes, certainty in philosphy and in mathematics is gained through understanding. We may know
       that two apples and two apples makes four apples, but Descartes believes that matematics transcends the
       senses, contributing to an overall mathematical order to the universe that is independent of senses.

       Senses were at the center of his Meditations on First Philosphy, a work in which Descartes explores the
       concepts of s...

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