French philosophy for René Descartes' oeuvre. Modern philosophy began in France with the philosophy of René Descartes (1596–1650). His "Meditations on First Philosophy" changed the primary object of philosophical thought from ontology to epistemology and overcame the Aristotelian dogmatism inherited in philosophy from Scholasticism, the dominant form of thought in preceding centuries, while simultaneously raising some of the most fundamental problems for future generations of philosophers. René Descartes was concerned with the uncertainty in the sciences and the radical scepticism which spread across Europe when publications of Sextus Empiricus became available. Descartes desired to find indubitable ground on which all the sciences
Peter Osborne (philosopher) entitled: "Imaginary Radicalisms: Notes on the Libertarianism of Contemporary Art". In 2013, Osborne published "Anywhere or Not at All: Philosophy of Contemporary Art," which develops the speculative claim "contemporary art is post-conceptual art". Research Seminar: Russian Avant-garde Revisited (See also the discussion) Research Congress: Expect the Unexpected: Once more on the Horizon of Expectation (discussion) Peter Osborne (philosopher) Peter Osborne (born 1958) is Professor of Modern European Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP), Kingston University, London. He is also an editor of the journal "Radical Philosophy". Osborne graduated from the University of Bristol