Descartes suggested that it was possible to perform significant tests, calculate correlations and other quantitative analysis of psychological parameters differently from disciplines like physics. ... Unlike other sciences like physics, these parameters do not need to be physical indicators which could be measured. ...

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Science is a core subject in the National Curriculum for England, and this position is rarely questioned. However, is this justified? This essay will outline the main arguments for science's, currently secure, place in education. There is also the question of whether school science can truly reflect...

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When he learns about the new Pope, who was a mathematician who understood physics, he concocts a plan to gain the support of that Pope in order to further his newfound knowledge of the universe and laws of motion. ...

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For instance, Plato's theory of forms does not, to me, seem to jibe with modern physics and cosmology. ... After all, physics can give us insights into metaphysics, since both seek different ways to do the same thing. ...

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With this in mind, Descartes deduces that the reliability of mathematics can no longer be doubted because God guarantees the truth of all self-evident ideas, but ones that can be calculated through mathematical physics. ...

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