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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
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
Algebra
Algebra, branch of mathematics in which symbols (usually letters) represent unknown numbers in mathematical equations. Algebra allows the basic...
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