Name: Descartes, R. du P.

Born: 1596 in France

Death: 1650 (54 years)

Topics: Aether, Algebra, Analytic geometry, Animal heat, Anthropomorphism in science, Atom, Corpuscular philosophy, Cosmogony, Crucial experiment, Declination and dip, Effluvium, Electricity and magnetism, Emotion, Epistemology, Explanation, Extremum principles, Force, Geometry, God's relation to the Universe, Gravity, Heat and thermodynamics, Hippocratism, Iatromathematics, Instinct, Laws, Light, Light velocity, Man-machine, Materialism, Mechanics, Mental disease, Mental faculty, Meteorology, Mind-body relation, Natural sciences, Nature, Nervous system, Organic, Passions, Philosophy, Pineal gland, Rational Soul, Rationalism, Realism, Relations between the sciences, Scientific Revolution, Sensorium commune, Sleep and dreams, Social sciences, Soul, Subtle matter, Tides, Vision and Vitalism

Titles: natural philosopher