Discourse On Method And Related Writings

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 334 pages
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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the most accessible and well-known of his discussions of scientific method; the first seven chapters of the earlier, unpublished work, THE WORLD; as well as a selection of Descartes' correspondence and his replies to his critics.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 : Rene Descartes
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2000-03-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781101160503

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Discourse on Method and Related Writings by Rene Descartes Pdf

"It is not enough to have a good mind; it is more important to use it well" 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. This edition sets the Discourse on Method in the wider context of Descartes’ work, with the Rules for Guiding One’s Intelligence in Searching for the Truth (1628), extracts from The World (1633) and selected letters from 1636-9. A companion volume, Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings, is also published in Penguin Classics.

Author : Rene Descartes
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780140446999

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Discourse on Method and Related Writings by Rene 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 : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781425009205

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A Discourse on Method by René Descartes Pdf

Descartes' Discourse marks a watershed in European thought; in it, the author sets out in brief his radical new philosophy, which begins with a proof of the existence of the self (the famous "cogito ergo sum"). Next he deduces from it the existence and nature of God, and ends by offering a radical new account of the physical world and of human and animal nature. Written in everyday language and meant to be read by common people of the day, it swept away all previous philosophical traditions. This new translation is an ideal introduction to Descartes for the general reader. It is accompanied by a substantial introductory essay from Renaissance scholar Ian Maclean that is designed to provide in-depth historical and philosophical context. The essay draws on Descartes' correspondence to examine what brought him to write his great work, and the impact it had on his contemporaries. A detailed section of notes explain Descartes' philosophical terminology and ideas, as well as historical references and allusions. Any reader can feel comfortable diving in to this classic work of Renaissance philosophical thought.

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 : Courier Corporation
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
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 : Penguin UK
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,7 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 : David Hume,Eric Steinberg
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0872202291

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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding ; [with] A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh ; [and] An Abstract of a Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume,Eric Steinberg Pdf

A landmark of enlightenment though, HUme's An Enquiry Concerning Human understanding is accompanied here by two shorter works that shed light on it: A Letter from a Gentlemen to His Friend in Edinburgh, hume's response to those accusing him of atheism, of advocating extreme scepticism, and of undermining the foundations of morality; and his Abstract of A Treatise of HUman Nature, which anticipates discussions developed in the Enquiry. In his concise Introduction, Eric Steinberg explores the conditions that led to write the Enquiry and the work's important relationship to Book 1 of Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781603844802

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Discourse on Method by René Descartes Pdf

By far the most widely used translation in North American college classrooms, Donald A. Cress's translation from the French of the Adam and Tannery critical edition is prized for its accuracy, elegance, and economy. The translation featured in the Third Edition has been thoroughly revised from the 1979 First Edition and includes page references to the critical edition for ease of comparison.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
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 : Perfection Learning Corporation
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1663621411

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Discourse on Method and Related Writings by Perfection Learning Corporation Pdf

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1988-02-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107268326

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Descartes: Selected Philosophical Writings by René Descartes Pdf

Based on the new and much acclaimed two-volume Cambridge edition of The Philosophical Writings of Descartes by Cottingham, Stoothoff and Murdoch, this anthology of essential texts contains the most important and widely studied of those writings, including the Discourse and Meditations and substantial extracts from the Regulae, Optics, Principles, Objectives and Replies, Comments on a Broadsheet, and Passions of the Soul. In clear, readable, modern English, with a full text and running references to the standard Franco-Latin edition of Descartes, this book is planned as the definitive one-volume reader for all English-speaking students of Descartes.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000-03-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781603840170

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Descartes: Philosophical Essays and Correspondence by René Descartes Pdf

A superb text for teaching the philosophy of Descartes, this volume includes all his major works in their entirety, important selections from his lesser known writings, and key selections from his philosophical correspondence. The result is an anthology that enables the reader to understand the development of Descartes’s thought over his lifetime. Includes a biographical Introduction, chronology, bibliography, and index.

Author : Rene Descartes
Publisher : Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 54,8 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 : 187 pages
File Size : 50,9 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.