René Descartes (pronounced "ʁəne de'kaʁt" in french) was a french philosopher, mathematician and physicist born in 1596 and dead in 1650. he was considered the father of modern philosophy because other philosophers will base their works in Descartes'. Descartes thought a lot about materia and substances, but he was afraid of what his thought would cause (back in that time, philosophers where chased to death, or to the bonfire).
Ignoring that he could die because of his thoughts, he made up a method bonding Epistemology, Phenomenology and Existentialism, which is called the Cartesian Method. With the use of this method, Descartes affirmed that everything can be explained.
Also, he got to the conclusion of I think therefore I am with that method, and this is how he got there:
I don't know what I am, and I don't know the answer of it, but I can make questions about it, and that assures me that I exist
He also got to other conclusions, like that the Soul is the combination of the machine part and the substance part of the human being.
As the class went by, I started to get my own conclusion if I am real or not, and my mind seemed to explode. I didn't have any reason to think about that, and if I don't know the answer it wont change anything (i guess), but I did broke my brain joint thinking about that, and after some relaxation and new ideas I got to the conclusion that Descartes' conclusion is the most reasonable one about my existence (until we study others existentialist, i guess)
well I skipped some part of that class here in the post because its really complicated to blog about it but i got it so i think there is no problem :D
Descartes' Grave :D
You have a reason to think on your existence dont say no to that! We have to make doubts and questions about us is not bad to do it! You make it see like thinking is bad
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ReplyDeletei thought for a second, only for a second that to think about our existence is worthless, but like it states there I relaxed for a while and thought about it again and got to the conclusion that Descartes was right. also I always doubt about other people affirmations before considering it a fact so maybe you misunderstood my point (hahahaha)