René Descartes and John Locke were two of the foremost influential philosophers of the 17th century. The two each had their own distinct methods of inquiry into metaphysics and epistemology; including questions about our capacity for knowledge, the separation between the mind and body, and the basic functioning of how knowledge is acquired therein. Descartes and Locke each offer different views about knowledge and certainty, though the two have similarities within their logic as well. For Descartes
Shahmee Weaver Andrea Winkler LBST 275 Fall 2013 Descartes vs. Locke Rene Descartes and John Locke are both philosophical thinkers that made a big impact on history regarding rationalism vs. empiricism. Descartes, in my opinion, is a bit mysterious. Despite the fact he had a healthy dislike for the rationale of his day and age, that was in the dubious science of the academic movement, when it came down to it he was respectively proficient at twisting his own thinking when confronted with the imbedded
INTRODUCTION: Space, Time and motion were three interrelated concepts which have been very difficult by the philosophers to arrive at a proper understanding since the ancient times. By there has been consensus that a proper understanding of motion would lend a hand in addressing the questions on the nature of the other two concepts namely space and time. Depending on the nature of approach to the problem of space and time, the philosophers mainly addressed three key concerns. They are as follows: