1. Religion V Science
The mathematician and philosopher known as Rene Descartes inspired the new method of scientific reasoning known as deductive reasoning. Descartes believed that he could only trust his own thoughts and algebra and that what he observed in the universe was only deception. ... Descartes believed that his existence was based on his ability to think and comprehend, but he never obtained the origin of the thought process. For Descartes, a thinking thing is 'a thing which doubts, understands, affirms, denies, wills, refuses, which also imagines and feels.' ...
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