descartes: discours de la methode
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Descartes: Discours de la Methode
Prepared by:Eileen M. PagaduanBSE42
Rene DescartesBorn: March 31, 1596Died: February 11, 1650 La Haye en Tourraine, Kingdom of FranceStockholm, Swedish EmpireNationality: FrenchEra: 17th CenturyInterest: Metaphysics, Epistemology and Mathematics
Rene Descartes
Contributions:Introduced Cartesian Coordinate SystemStudies imaginary numbers and trigonometric functionsSynthesized algebra and geometryInvented analytic geometryEspoused rationalism and dualism
Discours de la Methode
1637Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One’s Reason and of Seeking Truth in the SciencesJe Pence, Donc Je Suis (I think therefore I am)Cartesianism
Discours de la Methode
6 parts:1.) Various considerations touching
the sciences2.) Principal values of the method
which the author has discovered3.) Morals and maxims4.) God and soul5.) Physics, the heart and soul of the
man and animal6.) The Author
Discours de la Methode
Part 1 “ All people possess good sense”Truth form fictionElevating an average round
above the restAll people have a natural light
that can onscured through education
Discours de la Methode
Part 2Works of an individual are superior
than work in groups because individual work follows the plan.
Never believe anything unless it is prove
Reduce problem to its simplest partsOrderly in thoughts and proceed
form the simplest to difficultCreate a long chain in reasoning
(problem solving)
Discours de la Methode
Part 3Provisional moralObey rules and customsDecisive and sticks to decisionTry to change himself than the worldExamine all the professions in the
world and figure out what is best
Discours de la Methode
Part 4Existence of God and soulI think therefore I existAll good things must stem from God,
as most all clear and distinct thoughts
Discours de la Methode
Part 5 Theory of light to theory of human
anatomyHumankind’s soul is rationalSoul cannot be killed or perished
therefore soul is immortal
Discours de la Methode
Part 6 Physical scienceConflict between church and is ideasPursuing of truth and knowledge
References:
wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Descartesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_on_the_Methodwww.sparknotes.com/philosophy/discoursemethod
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