Descartes and Kant both displayed common elements of modern worldview in their writings. Elements of modern worldview focus on people’s minds and challenging their own, as well as others. Both writers emphasized the importance of this in their writings. It is apparent that one should think for themselves and not to rely on what others say. People should seek the truth on their own and increase their knowledge. Descartes wrote about how important it is to have a good sense and to always build
and test of knowledge, or according to Lacey, A.R. (1996), Rationalism is any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification. The history of Modern Rationalism is very interesting to study, it was first introduced by Rene Descartes, Descartes was a very good mathematician, can be considered as expert mathematician because he is the founder of analytical geometry, a mathematic theory which synthesize Algebra and Geometry, He is also a physicist, as well as a philosopher. Born at
contemporary thinking in psychology, sociology, anthropology and other disciplines with their enormous works. The duo disagreed on how to research on ideas. Plato who professed rationalism believed that the route to knowledge was through critical thinking and logical analysis. That is, a rationalist operates without experiments to develop novel knowledge. A rationalist who has interest in cognitive processes would appeal to reason
however development of the printing press during the Renaissance and the Renaissance values of secularism and the individual (humanism) further weakened the Church and it’s authority by the 1500s. The printing press made it easier to spread the critical word concerning the Church,