John Locke (1632 - 1704) was an English philosopher and the main representative of the English movement of empiricism. His political philosophy heavily influenced the American Revolution, the Constitution of the United States, the French Revolution and the first Constitution of France, and the constitutions of most liberal states. Locke's philosophy is based on the theory of knowledge that is based on empiricism and materialism. All of Locke’s ideas come from two sources: external experience (sensation) and internal experience (reflection). He believed that all our knowledge is based and only come from experience, through the senses and the internal observation of our ideas. We are not born with the concept of knowledge, but only learn about
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He graduated with a law degree, fulfilling his father's desire, but never worked professionally as a lawyer. He wanted to know the world and "conquer" the truth. The truth ended up being his desire for mathematics and physics. He traveling to Holland and came in contact with Isaac Beeckman who introduced him the world of mathematics and physics. He began analyzing mathematics and physics and eventually introduced the concept of variable size, variable function, and also achieving the unification of geometry and algebra. Descartes greatly helped the work of future thinkers such as Newton, Leibniz, Euler, and many more due to his work in the Geometry field. Rene Descartes was the one who interpreted the "real number" as the relationship of a part directly towards the unit length, and interpreted the negative numbers as directional coordinates. He also introduced the symbols x, y, z for variable sizes and the coefficients a, b, and c. Descartes was not only a mathematician, but a philosopher as well. He was well known for constructing a philosophy on the basis of a systematic question of receiving truths. Descartes theories paved the way for the …show more content…
He fought against the scholastic philosophy and “authority.” He, just like John Locke believed that our senses and experiences is only our real source of knowledge. Francis Beacon was also the founder of the Scientific Method that we still use to this day. Beacon was a very bright man as he attended the University of Cambridge at age 16. He became the British ambassador to the court of France and sentenced prison due to bribery. He challenged scholasticism, and believed that one should focus their attention to the nature, and laws that govern them. Some of his philosophy included shunning authority, tradition, and syllogistic logic. However, he believed that any idea should be depended on its usefulness to science. If it did not help science, it was not important or a useful idea. Beacon, never fully appreciated the importance of
He graduated with a law degree, fulfilling his father's desire, but never worked professionally as a lawyer. He wanted to know the world and "conquer" the truth. The truth ended up being his desire for mathematics and physics. He traveling to Holland and came in contact with Isaac Beeckman who introduced him the world of mathematics and physics. He began analyzing mathematics and physics and eventually introduced the concept of variable size, variable function, and also achieving the unification of geometry and algebra. Descartes greatly helped the work of future thinkers such as Newton, Leibniz, Euler, and many more due to his work in the Geometry field. Rene Descartes was the one who interpreted the "real number" as the relationship of a part directly towards the unit length, and interpreted the negative numbers as directional coordinates. He also introduced the symbols x, y, z for variable sizes and the coefficients a, b, and c. Descartes was not only a mathematician, but a philosopher as well. He was well known for constructing a philosophy on the basis of a systematic question of receiving truths. Descartes theories paved the way for the …show more content…
He fought against the scholastic philosophy and “authority.” He, just like John Locke believed that our senses and experiences is only our real source of knowledge. Francis Beacon was also the founder of the Scientific Method that we still use to this day. Beacon was a very bright man as he attended the University of Cambridge at age 16. He became the British ambassador to the court of France and sentenced prison due to bribery. He challenged scholasticism, and believed that one should focus their attention to the nature, and laws that govern them. Some of his philosophy included shunning authority, tradition, and syllogistic logic. However, he believed that any idea should be depended on its usefulness to science. If it did not help science, it was not important or a useful idea. Beacon, never fully appreciated the importance of