Discourse On Method And Meditations On First Philosophy

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 134 pages
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Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486115443

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Discourse on Method and Meditations by René Descartes Pdf

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
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 72 pages
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Release : 2022-12-20
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9791041940486

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Discourse on Method by René Descartes Pdf

" Le Discours de la méthode (sous-titré : Pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences) est un texte philosophique publié anonymement par René Descartes à Leyde le 8 juin 1637. Il devait originellement servir d'introduction générale aux traités scientifiques écrits par l'auteur (La Dioptrique, Les Météores et La Géométrie). Il s'agissait pour Descartes « d’en dire assez pour faire juger que les nouvelles opinions, qui se verraient dans la Dioptrique et dans les Météores, n’étaient point conçues à la légère. Toutefois, la célébrité du texte est devenue telle, qu’il est désormais souvent publié seul, comme un essai indépendant. Il est reconnu comme l'une des œuvres fondatrices de la philosophie occidentale."

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 400 pages
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Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0300067739

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Discourse on the Method by René Descartes Pdf

Descartes' ideas not only changed the course of Western philosophy but also led to or transformed the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, physics and mathematics, political theory and ethics, psychoanalysis, and literature and the arts. This book reprints Descartes' major works, Discourse on Method and Meditations, and presents essays by leading scholars that explore his contributions in each of those fields and place his ideas in the context of his time and our own. There are chapters by David Weissman on metaphysics and psychoanalysis, John Post on epistemology, Lou Massa on physics and mathematics, William T. Bluhm on politics and ethics, and Thomas Pavel on literature and art. These essays are accompanied by others by David Weissman and by Stephen Toulmin that introduce the idea of intellectual lineages, discuss the period in which Descartes wrote, and reexamine the premises of his philosophy in light of contemporary philosophical, political, and social thinking.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780141944203

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Discourse on Method and the Meditations by René Descartes Pdf

René Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences, and the extent to which each one can achieve certainty. Drawing on his own work in geometry, optics, astronomy and physiology, Descartes developed the hypothetical method that characterizes modern science, and this soon came to replace the traditional techniques derived from Aristotle. Many of Descartes' most radical ideas - such as the disparity between our perceptions and the realities that cause them - have been highly influential in the development of modern philosophy.

Author : Rene Descartes
Publisher : Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-13
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9783986770655

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Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes Pdf

Meditations on First Philosophy Rene Descartes - Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy, the fundamental and originating work of the modern era in Western philosophy, is presented here in Donald Cress's completely revised edition of his well-established translation, bringing this version even closer to Descartes's original, while maintaining its clear and accessible style.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1999-09-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780141906287

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Discourse on Method and Related Writings by René Descartes Pdf

This is the second of a new two-volume edition of the works of Descartes in Penguin Classics. This volume is designed for students who approach Descartes from the point of view of his philosophy of science. Includes DISCOURSE ON METHOD, the most accessible and well-known of his discussions of scientific method; the first seven chapters of the earlier, unpublished work, THE WORLD; as well as a selection of Descartes' correspondence and his replies to his critics.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Academic Resources Corp
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : First philosophy
ISBN : 0882061046

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Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes Pdf

Author : Russell Shorto
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307275660

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Descartes' Bones by Russell Shorto Pdf

Sixteen years after René Descartes' death in Stockholm in 1650, a pious French ambassador exhumed the remains of the controversial philosopher to transport them back to Paris. Thus began a 350-year saga that saw Descartes' bones traverse a continent, passing between kings, philosophers, poets, and painters. But as Russell Shorto shows in this deeply engaging book, Descartes' bones also played a role in some of the most momentous episodes in history, which are also part of the philosopher's metaphorical remains: the birth of science, the rise of democracy, and the earliest debates between reason and faith. Descartes' Bones is a flesh-and-blood story about the battle between religion and rationalism that rages to this day. A New York Times Notable Book

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781770487840

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Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes Pdf

This volume provides new translations of René Descartes’s two most important philosophical works. The Discourse offers a concise presentation and defense of Descartes’s method of intellectual inquiry—a method that greatly influenced both philosophical and scientific reasoning in the early modern world. Considered a foundational text in modern philosophy, the Meditations presents numerous powerful arguments that to this day influence debates in epistemology, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of religion. Descartes’s timeless writing strikes an uncommon balance of novelty and familiarity, offering arguments concerning knowledge, science, and metaphysics (including the famous “I think, therefore I am”) that are as compelling in the twenty-first century as they were in the seventeenth. Ian Johnston’s translations are modern, clear, and thoroughly annotated, ideal for readers unfamiliar with Descartes’s intellectual context. An approachable introduction engages both the historical and the philosophical aspects of the text, helping the reader to understand the concepts and arguments contained therein.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781603840569

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Meditations, Objections, and Replies by René Descartes Pdf

This edition features reliable, accessible translations; useful editorial materials; and a straightforward presentation of the Objections and Replies, including the objections from Caterus, Arnauld, and Hobbes, accompanied by Descartes' replies, in their entirety. The letter serving as a reply to Gassendi--in which several of Descartes' associates present Gassendi's best arguments and Descartes' replies--conveys the highlights and important issues of their notoriously extended exchange. Roger Ariew's illuminating Introduction discusses the Meditations and the intellectual environment surrounding its reception.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003-08-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780141936062

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Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings by René Descartes Pdf

Of all the works of the man claimed by many as the father of modern philosophy, the MEDITATIONS, first published in 1641, must surely be Rene Descartes' masterpiece. This volume consists of not only a new translation of the original Latin text and the expanded objections and replies, but also includes selected correspondence and other metaphysical writings from the period 1641-49.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521423503

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The Philosophical Writings of Descartes: Volume 3, The Correspondence by René Descartes Pdf

Volumes I and II provide a completely new translation of the philosophical works of Descartes, based on the best available Latin and French texts. Volume III contains 207 of Descartes' letters, over half of which have not been translated into English before. It incorporates, in its entirety, Anthony Kenny's celebrated translation of selected philosophical letters, first published in 1970. In conjunction with Volumes I and II it is designed to meet the widespread demand for a comprehensive, accurate and authoritative edition of Descartes' philosophical writings in clear and readable modern English.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1989-12-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781624661983

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Passions of the Soul by René Descartes Pdf

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Translator's Introduction Introduction by Genevieve Rodis-Lewis The Passions of the Soul: Preface PART I: About the Passions in General, and Incidentally about the Entire Nature of Man PART II: About the Number and Order of the Passions, and the Explanation of the Six Primitives PART III: About the Particular Passions Lexicon: Index to Lexicon Bibliography Index Index Locorum

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Newcomb Livraria Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783989889965

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Rules for the Direction of the Mind by René Descartes Pdf

"Descartes was the first to bring to light the idea of a transcendental science, which is to contain a system of knowledge of the conditions of possibility of all knowledge." - Kant A new 2023 translation directly from the original manuscripts into English of Descartes' famous work "Rules for the Direction of the Mind" (Règles pour la direction de l'esprit). This edition contains a new introduction and afterword from the translator, as well as a timeline of Descartes' life and summaries of each of his works. Here, Descartes lays out a method for approaching problems and seeking knowledge. The importance of this work lies in the fact that it established the scientific method as a way of investigating the world, and had a significant influence on the development of modern science. This work is one of the foundational texts of Western Philosophy

Author : Stanley Tweyman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134901012

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Rene Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in Focus by Stanley Tweyman Pdf

This volume presents the excellent and popular translation by Haldane and Ross of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy, an introduction by Stanley Tweyman which explores the relevance of Descartes' Regulae and his method of analysis in the Meditations, and six articles which indicate the diversity of scholarly opinion on the topic of method in Descartes' philosopy.