Rene Descartes Influence On Modern Science

"We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we describe." Before the 17th century, people didn’t know much about life, science, how to think, apply, etc. But all of that was erased during the 17th century. This is because this era was filled of many different philosophers, scientists, mathematicians, and inventors where they all made discoveries that helped shape our minds and life today. Rene Descartes, Blaise Pascal, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and many others are considered one of the most famous figures in the 17th century due to their impact on our lives in several different branches of science, their modern inventions, and visionaries. One of the most famous French philosophers, scientists, mathematicians, Rene Descartes was born on March 31, 1596. He was named the "Father of Philosophy" for many reasons: the first to disregard Aristotelianism, Aristotle's philosophy based on his thought, formulated a new version of mind-body dualism, and promoted the development of new science based on experiment and observation. Implementing an original system of methodical doubt called Cartesian, Descartes also discarded apparent …show more content…
Although Descartes was a strict Catholic, his belief that all individuals have the "natural right of reason"-each person has the ability to discover the truth-has weakened the Roman Catholic authority and supported the Protestant declaration of individual conscience. Descartes also is the father of Algebra and Geometry-two of the main branches in mathematics nowadays-and has set the base for Calculus. Moreover, he is an extremely influential philosopher who concluded that in order to discover the truth, one must not be biased. In this conclusion, he set the first step for modern philosophers and that's why he is called "The Father of Modern Philosophy". (Rene