Descartes, René

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Descartes' Epistemology

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-epistemology/#4 First published Wed Dec 3, 1997; substantive revision Tue Jul 20, 2010 René Descartes (1596–1650) is widely regarded as the father of modern philosophy.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-ontological/ First published Mon Jun 18, 2001; substantive revision Tue Apr 12, 2011 Descartes' ontological (or a priori ) argument is both one of the most fascinating and poorly understood aspects of his philosophy.

Descartes Ontological Argument (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) - StumbleUpon

René Descartes ( French: [ʁəne dekaʁt] ; Latinized : Renatus Cartesius ; adjectival form : "Cartesian"; [ 6 ] 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic .

René Descartes

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Res extensa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Res_extensa Res extensa (often translated "corporeal substance" by Descartes) is one of the three substances described by René Descartes in his Cartesian ontology, alongside res cogitans and God . Translated from Latin , "res extensa" means "extended thing". In Descartes' substance-attribute-mode ontology, extension is the primary attribute of corporeal substance.