Biographies
Bjorn's Guide to Philosophy: Descartes, Catholic Encyclopedia: René Descartes, Descartes, Descartes: A New Way of Thinking, Encyclopædia Britannica: Descartes, Island of Freedom: René Descartes, René Descartes - A Brief Life Sketch, René Descartes' Life and Works
Reviews
Comparing Descartes and Peirce, Descartes and the Enlightenment, Evaluating Descartes' Dreaming Hypothesis, Mathematics and René Descartes, René Descartes and the Legacy of Mind/Body Dualism
Works
Discourse on Method, Meditations, Discourse and Meditations in French, Great Books Index: Descartes
Descartes Directory
Web directory of René Descartes, from projectlinks.org.
Descartes' Epistemology
Article by Lex Newman from the Stanford Encyclopedia.
Descartes' Modal Metaphysics
Interpretations of René Descartes' ontology of necessities and possibilities; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by David Cunning.
Descartes' Ontological Argument
Discussion of René Descartes ontological proof of the existence of God; by Lawrence Nolan.
Descartes, René (1596?1650)
Biography, method, philosophy and heritage. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Epistemology and Descartes
Class notes by Stephen Daniel, Texas A&M University.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Rene Descarte
Entry on Descartes from the Encyclopedia. Includes an assessment of his philosophy.
Medieval Elements in Descartes
Part of lecture notes to a course on Later Medieval Philosophy by John Kilcullen at Macquarie University.
Philosophy Pages: Descartes
A brief discussion of the life and works of Rene Descartes, with links to electronic texts and additional information by Garth Kemerling.
PhilosophyClassics.com: René Descartes
A biographical essay, some links and resources, and a sectionalized etext of his Discourse on the Method.
René Descartes
Full English texts of Descartes' key works, the Meditations and Discourse on Method. Also includes frequently asked questions, background information, links.
René Descartes
Biography and links concerning the French philosopher who coined the sentence "I think, therefor I am".
René Descartes
A brief and useful overview of Descartes' life and thinking on Wikipedia.
The Philosophy of René Descartes
An overview of the significance of Descartes' philosophy.
The Scientific Methods of René Descartes and Franc
Descartes' rationalism and Bacon's empiricism had to be combined to produce the modern scientific method.