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Descartes thought the pineal gland was the seat of the soul – and some people still do
Smack bang in the middle of your brain sits a tiny structure called the pineal gland, which has puzzled neuroscientists and ...
“Cogito, ergo sum” – “I think, therefore I am” – is probably the most famous line ever uttered by a philosopher, and likely the only Latin some Americans know. So today, on what would have been the ...
Margaret C. Jacob is the author of numerous books, including "Scientific Culture and the Making of the Industrial West." She is a professor of history at UCLA and a member of the American ...
In 1644, the French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician René Descartes formulated several “laws of nature,” which helped lay the groundwork for classical physics and the Scientific Revolution.
Thinking man: Rene Descartes may have got some scientific details wrong, but he revolutionized the approach to thinking scientifically. (Courtesy: Science Photo Library) In the Wallace Collection in ...
At the start of a course of lectures on Aristotle in the 1920s, Martin Heidegger made a terse remark about the relevance of biography to the philosopher’s task when considering the work of a ...
In 1644, the French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician René Descartes formulated several “laws of nature,” which helped lay the groundwork for classical physics and the Scientific Revolution.
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