Discourse on Method and Meditations (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486432526)

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.

Author: René Descartes
ISBN-10: 0486432521
ISBN-13: 9780486432526
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 12/12/2003
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.30d