descartes: discours de la methode
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Descartes: Discours de la Methode
Prepared by:Eileen M. PagaduanBSE42
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Rene DescartesBorn: March 31, 1596Died: February 11, 1650 La Haye en Tourraine, Kingdom of FranceStockholm, Swedish EmpireNationality: FrenchEra: 17th CenturyInterest: Metaphysics, Epistemology and Mathematics
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Rene Descartes
Contributions:Introduced Cartesian Coordinate SystemStudies imaginary numbers and trigonometric functionsSynthesized algebra and geometryInvented analytic geometryEspoused rationalism and dualism
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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Discours de la Methode
Part 6 Physical scienceConflict between church and is ideasPursuing of truth and knowledge
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References:
wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Descartesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_on_the_Methodwww.sparknotes.com/philosophy/discoursemethod