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Descartes, René
Cartesian mind-body dualism
Rationalism, philosophy emphasizing reasoning
role in Western Philosophy
scientific method using deductive reasoning
see also Philosophy, Western
contributions to mathematics
analytic geometry
calculus
mathematical terms and symbols
contributions to psychology
contributions to science
early version of mechanical philosophy
importance to the history of algebra
influence on others
life and times
opposition to his work
quotations
scientific discoveries of the 17th century
topics considered in his writings
Calculus (mathematics)
Calculus (mathematics), branch of mathematics concerned with the study of such concepts as the rate of change of one variable quantity with respect to...
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