Meditations on First Philosophy

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book philosophical treatise work of philosophy

Meditations on First Philosophy is René Descartes’ foundational philosophical treatise in which he employs radical doubt to establish certain knowledge and famously argues for the distinction between mind and body.

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Meditations on First Philosophy canonical 20
Meditationes de prima philosophia 3
Descartes’ replies to critics 1

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aim to establish certain knowledge ⓘ
to provide a secure foundation for the sciences ⓘ
author René Descartes ⓘ
centralConcept clear and distinct perceptions ⓘ
cogito ergo sum ⓘ
existence of God ⓘ
method of doubt ⓘ
mind–body dualism ⓘ
radical skepticism ⓘ
substance dualism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dedicatedTo La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form: Faculty of Sacred Theology of the Sorbonne
employsMethod hyperbolic doubt ⓘ
methodological skepticism ⓘ
genre early modern philosophy ⓘ
hasCommentary Objections and Replies ⓘ
hasPart Fifth Meditation ⓘ
First Meditation ⓘ
Fourth Meditation ⓘ
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Sixth Meditation ⓘ
Third Meditation ⓘ
influenced Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
empiricist philosophers ⓘ
modern Western philosophy ⓘ
rationalist philosophers ⓘ
influencedBy Augustinian thought ⓘ
Scholastic theology ⓘ
surface form: Scholastic philosophy
languageOfWork Latin ⓘ
mainSubject epistemology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
notableIdea Cartesian circle ⓘ
distinction between mind and body ⓘ
foundationalism ⓘ
originalTitle Meditations on First Philosophy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Meditationes de prima philosophia
philosophicalTradition Rationalism ⓘ
publicationYear 1641 ⓘ
relatedWork Discours de la méthode ⓘ
surface form: Discourse on the Method

Principles of Philosophy ⓘ
setting first-person reflective inquiry ⓘ
subtitle in which the existence of God and the immortality of the soul are demonstrated ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ

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