RationalistsRené DescartesBaruch SpinozaGottfried LeibnizEmpiricismMain article: EmpiricismEmpiricism is a theory of knowledge which opposes other theories of knowledge, such as rationalism, idealism ...
Modern philosophy traditionally begins with René Descartes and his dictum "I think, therefore I am". In the early seventeenth century the bulk of philosophy was dominated by Scholasticism, written by ...
The major figures in philosophy of mind, epistemology, and metaphysics during the 17th and 18th centuries are roughly divided into 2 main groups. The "Rationalists," mostly in France and Germany, argu ...
Modern philosophy is a branch of philosophy that originated in Western Europe in the 17th century, and is now common worldwide. It is not a specific doctrine or school (and thus should not be confused ...
