Discourse on Method and Meditations
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Description
Is it possible to be certain of anything? If so, how? The father of modern philosophy and the founder of rational method in philosophical thought, René Descartes (1596-1650) sought the answers to these questions and in doing so, addressed the most important of methods of thinking and understanding truth. In Discourse on Method, he applies a scientific approach to philosophy that comprises four principles: to accept only what reason recognizes as "clear and distinct"; to analyze complex ideas by dividing them into smaller elements; to reconstruct the ideas; and to make accurate and complete enumerations of the data. His Meditations proceed according to this method, exploring the mind/body distinction, the nature of truth and error, the existence of God, and the essence of material things.
Product Details
Price
$8.95
$8.32
Publisher
Dover Publications
Publish Date
December 12, 2003
Pages
128
Dimensions
4.9 X 7.9 X 0.3 inches | 0.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780486432526
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About the Author
René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Descartes has often been called the father of modern philosophy, and is largely seen as responsible for the increased attention given to epistemology in the 17th century. He laid the foundation for 17th-century continental rationalism, later advocated by Spinoza and Leibniz, and was later opposed by the empiricist school of thought consisting of Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume.
