René Descartes
- Philosophy top 0.05%
- History and Philosophy of Science top 0.05%
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 2%
- Sociology and Political Science top 5%
- Cognitive Neuroscience top 5%
- Co-authors
- Bernard WilliamsPaul J. OlscampDonald A. CressMichaël MoriartyGeneviève Rodis-LewisDesmond M. ClarkeAnthony KennyStephen Gaukroger
- Topics
- Classical Philosophy and Thought (24 papers)Historical Philosophy and Science (19 papers)Philosophical Thought and Analysis (10 papers)
In The Last Decade
René Descartes
125 papers receiving 3.0k citations
Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 178
- Philosophy 1.7k
- History and Philosophy of Science 1.2k
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 698
- Sociology and Political Science 543
- Cognitive Neuroscience 540
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All Works
| # | Work | Indexed citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meditations on first philosophy : in which the existence of God and the difference between the human soul and body are demonstrated | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | |
| 4 | Discurso del método: ; Meditaciones metafísicas | 12 |
| 5 | Physico-mathematica ; Compendium musicæ ; Regulæ ad directionem ingenii ; Recherche de la verité ; Supplément à la correspondance | 1 |
| 6 | Le monde, l'homme | 2 |
| 7 | Les passions de l'âme | 84 |
| 8 | Reglas para la dirección del espíritu | 12 |
| 9 | Musicae compendium = Leitfaden der Musik | 1 |
| 10 | Sobre los principios de la filosofía | 1 |
| 11 | Les passions de l'âme . Précédé de La pathétique cartésienne | 2 |
| 12 | Exercices pour les éléments des solides : essai en complément d'Euclide : progymnasmata de solidorum elementis | 2 |
| 13 | Meditaciones metafísicas y otros textos | 4 |
| 14 | L'entretien Avec Burman | 4 |
| 15 | Index du Discours de la Méthode de René Descartes | 1 |
| 16 | Philosophical Works, two volumes | 1 |
| 17 | Opuscula posthuma, physica et mathematica | 3 |
| 18 | Discours de la méthode : suivi d'extraits de la Dioptrique, des Météores, de la Vie de Descartes par Baillet, du Monde, de l'Homme et de lettres | 2 |
| 19 | Abhandlung über die Methode, seine Vernunft richtig zu leiten und die Wahrheit in den Wissenschaften zu suchen | 1 |
| 20 | Discourse on method and other writings | 28 |
About René Descartes
René Descartes is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, General Social Sciences and Philosophy, having authored 154 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Classical Philosophy and Thought (24 papers), Historical Philosophy and Science (19 papers) and Philosophical Thought and Analysis (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in History and Philosophy of Science (1.2k citations), Philosophy (1.7k citations) and Theoretical Computer Science (103 citations). Frequent co-authors include Bernard Williams, Paul J. Olscamp, Donald A. Cress, Michaël Moriarty, Geneviève Rodis-Lewis, Desmond M. Clarke, Anthony Kenny, Stephen Gaukroger, Lisa Shapiro and Roger Ariew. Their work appears in journals such as The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Common Knowledge and Tijdschrift voor Philosophie.
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