Kevin O'Donnell introduces the man who is considered to be the father of modern philosophy. Descartes lived a time of great scientific breakthroughs and new discoveries and his work laid the philosophic foundations of a new science.
The author outlines the social and cultural aspects in Descartes’ work and life and he proposes a short walk throughout this thinker’s life, analyzing his key ideas about body-soul dualism and reviewing his findings and contribution to the scientific method.