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Descartes House

Tourist attraction β€’ Historical place museum

😐 What can one really know? Should we doubt everything we think we know, as our senses can deceive us? We can see wrong. We can hear wrong. Could it also be that we are dreaming? When we dream, we believe that our dreams are real, until we wake up - and how can we know that what we are experiencing no...


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Westermarkt 6, 1016 DK Amsterdam, Netherlands

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4.10 (17 reviews)

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  • 3/5 Etienne F. 6 years ago on Google β€’ 636 reviews
    You can view only the exterior of the house where a plaque layed in 1920 explains that Descartes lived in the building in 1634. Recommended only for philosophy diehards.
    6 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 3/5 NykΓΆping S. 4 years ago on Google β€’ 65 reviews
    What can one really know? Should we doubt everything we think we know, as our senses can deceive us? We can see wrong. We can hear wrong. Could it also be that we are dreaming? When we dream, we believe that our dreams are real, until we wake up - and how can we know that what we are experiencing now is not a dream? The systematic doubter. Descartes on Living in the Matrix, year 1641.
    9 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 5/5 Δ°cabi A. 4 months ago on Google β€’ 504 reviews
    Impressions from the outside. I went on a storm day.
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 5/5 Pedro P. 6 years ago on Google β€’ 198 reviews
    For lovers of Cartesian Philosophy! I loved it 😎
    3 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 5/5 Simona A. 3 weeks ago on Google β€’ 586 reviews New
    Just a plaque.

  • 1/5 Arif A. 8 months ago on Google β€’ 11 reviews
    This is all you will see.
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 5/5 jumbo s. 5 months ago on Google β€’ 37 reviews
    Our teacher gave us the task of taking a photo with the Decartes House. Whoever sends it first gets a free beer. It was so worth it!


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