Descartes, René

1. Descartes, René

Agrippa von Nettesheim, H.C.

1. Agrippa von Nettesheim, Henricus Cornelius: 5 Agrippa’s philosophical influence

animal language and thought

1. Animal language and thought: 2 Arguments for human exceptionalism

Aristotelianism

seventeenth century

1. Aristotelianism in the 17th century: 1 Some notable doctrines

Arnauld, A.

1. Arnauld, Antoine
2. Arnauld, Antoine: 2 Arnauld and Descartes
3. Arnauld, Antoine

Augustine

1. Augustine
2. Augustine: 2 Scepticism

authority

1. Chillingworth, William

belief

epistemic duty

1. Religion and epistemology: 2 Evidentialism characterized

evidentialism

1. Religion and epistemology

bodily sensations

1. Bodily sensations

bundle theory of mind

1. Mind, bundle theory of

Charleton, W.

1. Charleton, Walter
2. Charleton, Walter

cogito argument

1. Descartes, René
2. Descartes, René: 5 The Cogito Argument

commonsensism

1. Commonsensism

concepts

Hobbes, T.

1. Hobbes, Thomas: 3 The elements of philosophy: logic and metaphysics

consciousness

1. Consciousness: 1 Pre-Cartesian uses of ‘consciousness’
2. Consciousness: 2 Post-Cartesian uses of ‘consciousness’
3. Consciousness

conservation law (Leibniz, G.W.)

1. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm: 1 Life
2. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm: 11 Natural philosophy

contingency

1. Contingency

Cordemoy, G. de

1. Cordemoy, Géraud de

corpuscles

chemistry

1. Chemistry, philosophical aspects of: 2 Corpuscles, forces and conservation

creation

religious doctrine of

1. Creation and conservation, religious doctrine of: 5 Conservation, continuous creation and deism
2. Creation and conservation, religious doctrine of

critiques of

Cambridge Platonism

1. Cambridge Platonism: 2 Epistemology
2. Cambridge Platonism: 3 Metaphysics

Hobbes, T.

1. Hobbes, Thomas: 3 The elements of philosophy: logic and metaphysics
2. Hobbes, Thomas: 3 The elements of philosophy: logic and metaphysics

Leibniz, G.W.

1. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm: 1 Life
2. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm: 9 Epistemology: knowledge and probability
3. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm: 11 Natural philosophy

Locke, J.

1. Locke, John: 4 Five sorts of idea

More, H.

1. More, Henry: 3 The possibility and existence of spirit
2. More, Henry: 3 The possibility and existence of spirit

Spinoza, B. de

1. Spinoza, Benedict de: 5 The human mind

Spinoza B. de

1. Spinoza, Benedict de: 2 Substance-monism

Cudworth, R.

1. Cudworth, Ralph: 6 Relation to Descartes

death

1. Death: 6 The survival of death
2. Death

Discours de la méthode (Discourse on Method)

method

1. Descartes, René: 1 Life
2. Descartes, René: 3 Method
3. Scientific method: 2 Ideas of method from the Greeks to Thomas Kuhn

Port-Royal

1. Port-Royal: 2 Intellectual life

doubt

1. Cambridge Platonism: 2 Epistemology
2. Descartes, René
3. Descartes, René: 4 Doubt and the quest for certainty
4. Descartes, René: 9 The external world and sensation

dreaming

1. Dreaming
2. Dreaming

dualism

1. Descartes, René
2. Descartes, René: 8 Mind and body
3. Dualism

argmuents for

1. Soul, nature and immortality of the: 1 The existence and nature of the soul

Cambridge Platonism

1. Cambridge Platonism: 3 Metaphysics

eliminativism

1. Eliminativism

More, H.

1. More, Henry: 3 The possibility and existence of spirit

Spinoza, B. de

1. Spinoza, Benedict de: 5 The human mind

educational philosophy

1. Education, history of philosophy of: 6 Descartes and Locke
2. Education, history of philosophy of

Elisabeth of Bohemia

1. Elisabeth of Bohemia

emotions

1. Emotions, philosophy of: 3 Descartes to Nietzsche
2. Emotions, philosophy of

epistemology

1. Epistemology, history of

advisory

1. Normative epistemology : 1 Advisory epistemology
2. Normative epistemology

extension (Locke, J.)

1. Locke, John: 4 Five sorts of idea

external world problem

1. Meaning and verification: 2 Logical positivism
2. Meaning and verification

French philosophy of science

1. French philosophy of science: 1 Bachelard’s philosophy of science: epistemology and method
2. French philosophy of science: 2 Bachelard’s philosophy of science: metaphysics

functionalism

1. Functionalism

Gassendi, P.

1. Gassendi, Pierre

geometry

1. Geometry, philosophical issues in
2. Space: 2 Newtonian space

analytic

1. Descartes, René
2. Descartes, René: 1 Life
3. Descartes, René: 11 Physics and mathematics

Glanvill, J.

1. Glanvill, Joseph: 1 The way to science

God

existence of

1. Descartes, René
2. Descartes, René: 6 God
3. God, arguments for the existence of

infinity

1. Infinity: 3 The rationalists and the empiricists

innate concept of

1. Rationalism: 2 Innate ideas

historical context

1. Kemp Smith, Norman : 5 Hume, Descartes and rediscovery

hope

1. Hope

ideas

1. Rationalism: 2 Innate ideas

illuminationism

1. Illumination: 1 Epistemological illuminationism
2. Illumination

immaterialism (Hobbes, T.)

1. Hobbes, Thomas: 3 The elements of philosophy: logic and metaphysics

inductive inference

1. Inductive inference: 1 Paradigms of induction
2. Inductive inference

influenced by

Sextus Empiricus

1. Sextus Empiricus

innate knowledge

1. Innate knowledge: 1 Innateness
2. Innate knowledge

introspection

1. Introspection, epistemology of
2. Introspection, epistemology of: 1 The complete transparency view
3. Introspection, epistemology of

psychology of

1. Introspection, psychology of
2. Introspection, psychology of: 1 The classical conception
3. Introspection, psychology of

knowledge

concept of

1. Knowledge, concept of

La Forge, L. de

1. La Forge, Louis de
2. La Forge, Louis de

language

early modern philosophy of

1. Language, early modern philosophy of

logic

seventeenth and eighteenth century

1. Logic in the 17th and 18th centuries: 2 Criticism of the syllogism
2. Logic in the 17th and 18th centuries

magnetism

1. Electrodynamics

Mamardashvili, M.K.

1. Mamardashvili, Merab Konstantinovich: 3 ‘Philosophizing’ versus ‘Russian’ philosophy

matter

1. Matter: 2 Matter in early modern science and philosophy
2. Matter

mechanism

vitalism

1. Vitalism
2. Vitalism: 3 Developmental biology

medicine

philosophy of

1. Medicine, philosophy of: 2 History of the philosophy of medicine
2. Medicine, philosophy of

Meditationes de prima philosophia (Meditations on First Philosophy)

cogito argument

1. Descartes, René
2. Descartes, René: 5 The Cogito Argument

doubt

1. Descartes, René
2. Descartes, René: 4 Doubt and the quest for certainty

dualism

1. Descartes, René
2. Descartes, René: 8 Mind and body

epistemology

1. Epistemology, history of

God

existence of

1. Descartes, René
2. Descartes, René: 6 God

immaterialism

Hobbes, T. objections

1. Hobbes, Thomas: 3 The elements of philosophy: logic and metaphysics

sensation

1. Descartes, René: 9 The external world and sensation

memory

1. Memory: 1 History of the interest in memory

mental causation

1. Mental causation: 2 Cartesian dualism

Mersenne, M.

1. Mersenne, Marin: 1 Career and correspondence

method

1. Analytical philosophy: 1 The method of analysis
2. Analytical philosophy
3. Descartes, René
4. Descartes, René: 1 Life
5. Descartes, René: 3 Method

mind-body problem

1. Psychology, theories of
2. Psychology, theories of: 1 Origins

morality

1. Descartes, René: 10 Philosophical psychology and morals

emotions

1. Morality and emotions: 4 Modern supporters of the Stoic normative thesis
2. Morality and emotions

More, H.

1. More, Henry: 1 Life and works
2. More, Henry: 4 More and Descartes
3. More, Henry

nativism

1. Nativism

natural theology

1. Natural theology

necessary being

1. Necessary being: 2 The evolution of divine necessity

occasionalism

1. Occasionalism: 2 Early modern occasionalism

omnipotence

1. Omnipotence

particulars

1. Particulars: 1 What is at stake

Les passions de l’âme (The Passions of the Soul)

morality

1. Descartes, René: 10 Philosophical psychology and morals

perception (Leibniz, G.W.)

1. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm: 9 Epistemology: knowledge and probability

personal identity

1. Personal identity

persons

1. Persons

pluralism (Spinoza B. de)

1. Spinoza, Benedict de: 2 Substance-monism

Port-Royal

1. Port-Royal: 2 Intellectual life
2. Port-Royal

Principles of Philosophy

wisdom

1. Wisdom: 2 Later conceptions of wisdom
2. Wisdom

psychologism (Gioberti, V.)

1. Gioberti, Vincenzo

rationalism

1. Rationalism

Regius, H.

1. Henricus Regius
2. Henricus Regius

religious opposition to

1. Religion and science: 2 Early modern science and worldview
2. Religion and science: 3 Indirect relations

revolution

1. Revolution: 3 Revolution and reason
2. Revolution

scepticism

1. Epistemology, history of: 4 Modern philosophy: Descartes
2. Rational beliefs: 2 A posteriori belief
3. Rational beliefs

certainty

1. Certainty: 1 Types of certainty
2. Certainty: 1 Types of certainty
3. Certainty: 2 Propositional certainty
4. Certainty

doubt

1. Doubt: 2 Philosophical doubt
2. Doubt: 2 Philosophical doubt
3. Doubt
4. Epistemology, history of: 4 Modern philosophy: Descartes

external world

1. Doubt: 2 Philosophical doubt

hypotheses

1. Scepticism: 1 The philosophical problem of scepticism
2. Scepticism

scientific method

1. Scientific method: 2 Ideas of method from the Greeks to Thomas Kuhn
2. Scientific method

sensation

1. Descartes, René: 9 The external world and sensation

social science

history of philosophy of

1. Social science, history of philosophy of: 2 The late Renaissance and early modern period
2. Social science, history of philosophy of

soul

1. Soul, nature and immortality of the

substance

1. Substance: 2 Early-modern heretical concepts of substance
2. Substance

corporeal (Leibniz, G.W.)

1. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
2. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm: 11 Natural philosophy

extension of (More, H.)

1. More, Henry: 3 The possibility and existence of spirit

testimony

1. Testimony: 2 Autonomy and reduction
2. Testimony

unity of science

1. Unity of science

universal language

1. Universal language: 2 Artificial schemes
2. Universal language

vision

1. Vision

voluntarism

1. Voluntarism
2. Voluntarism

wisdom

1. Wisdom: 2 Later conceptions of wisdom
2. Wisdom

Zar’a Ya‘ecob comparison

1. Ethiopia, philosophy in: 1 The basic texts