Rene Descartes,Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane,G. R. T. Ross: Discourse on Method: WITH Meditations
____________________________
Author: Rene Descartes,Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane,G. R. T. Ross
Number of Pages: 128 pages
Published Date: 27 Feb 2004
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780486432526
Download Link: Click Here
____________________________
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, Rene 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."