Philosophy: Philosophers: D: Descartes, Ren

Web directory of Ren Descartes, from projectlinks.org.

Article by Lex Newman from the Stanford Encyclopedia.

Interpretations of Ren Descartes' ontology of necessities and possibilities; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by David Cunning.

Discussion of Ren Descartes ontological proof of the existence of God; by Lawrence Nolan.

Biography, method, philosophy and heritage. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Class notes by Stephen Daniel, Texas A&M University.

Entry on Descartes from the Encyclopedia. Includes an assessment of his philosophy.

Part of lecture notes to a course on Later Medieval Philosophy by John Kilcullen at Macquarie University.

A brief discussion of the life and works of Rene Descartes, with links to electronic texts and additional information by Garth Kemerling.

A biographical essay, some links and resources, and a sectionalized etext of his Discourse on the Method.