Monday, October 19, 2009

17th Century Philosophy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century_philosophy

The Age of Reason or Age of Rationalism. In western philosophy, 17th century is considered the start of modern philosophy with the work of René Descartes.

Two schools of thought: the rationalists and the empiricists.

Three main rationalists: René Descartes, Baruch Spinoza, and Gottfried Leibniz. Building upon their English predecessor Francis Bacon.

Three main empiricists: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and George Berkeley.

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