7396 | Hobbes created English-language philosophy [Hobbes, by Tuck] |
19359 | Leibniz aims to give coherent rational support for empiricism [Leibniz, by Perkins] |
7454 | Gassendi is the first great empiricist philosopher [Hacking] |
2945 | Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer] |
16610 | Philosophy could easily have died in 17th century, if it weren't for Descartes [Pasnau] |
16781 | The 17th century is a metaphysical train wreck [Pasnau] |