DESCARTES AND FOUR CENTURIES OF EXACT SCIENCES
This article discusses Descartes’ input into the world picture of exact sciences of the Modern Age. The analytical geometry created by Descartes is considered to be the first successful attempt to develop analytical mathematics as a language of exact sciences. In the article, the author looks at De...
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Vilnius University Press
1998-01-01
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This article discusses Descartes’ input into the world picture of exact sciences of the Modern Age. The analytical geometry created by Descartes is considered to be the first successful attempt to develop analytical mathematics as a language of exact sciences. In the article, the author looks at Descartes’ rationalism and its impact on the development of modern sciences. The article analyses Descartes’ notions of inertia and the interrelation between matter and space.
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| spelling | doaj.art-ab7bd0452de748f89a13eed0f83b493d2023-12-21T08:58:51ZengVilnius University PressProblemos1392-11262424-61581998-01-0152DESCARTES AND FOUR CENTURIES OF EXACT SCIENCESKęstutis Masiulis This article discusses Descartes’ input into the world picture of exact sciences of the Modern Age. The analytical geometry created by Descartes is considered to be the first successful attempt to develop analytical mathematics as a language of exact sciences. In the article, the author looks at Descartes’ rationalism and its impact on the development of modern sciences. The article analyses Descartes’ notions of inertia and the interrelation between matter and space. https://www12032.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/4263 |
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| title | DESCARTES AND FOUR CENTURIES OF EXACT SCIENCES |
| title_full | DESCARTES AND FOUR CENTURIES OF EXACT SCIENCES |
| title_fullStr | DESCARTES AND FOUR CENTURIES OF EXACT SCIENCES |
| title_full_unstemmed | DESCARTES AND FOUR CENTURIES OF EXACT SCIENCES |
| title_short | DESCARTES AND FOUR CENTURIES OF EXACT SCIENCES |
| title_sort | descartes and four centuries of exact sciences |
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