Compare and contrast René Descartes's approach to contemporary advocates of the new science. What features define Descartes's approach and reconcile new ideas with more traditional concepts?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Contrast between Descartes's deductive reasoning and Bacon's empiricism
2. Descartes's insistence on the role of God compared to materialistic views like that of Hobbes
3. Descartes's distinction between the mind and the body and the difference between this
4. Descartes's belief in the limitless potential of human reason
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).