Descartes's Method

The Formation of the Subject of Science

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Av Tarek R. Dika, University of Toronto) Dika, Tarek R. (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Tarek Dika

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Descartes's Method develops an ontological interpretation of Descartes's method as a dynamic and, within limits, differentiable problem-solving cognitive disposition or habitus, which can be actualized or applied to different problems in various ways, depending on the nature of the problem. Parts I-II develop the foundations of an habitual interpretation of Descartes's method, while Parts III-V demonstrate the fruits of such an interpretation in metaphysics, natural philosophy, and mathematics. The first book to draw on the recently discovered Cambridge manuscript of Descartes's Rules for the Direction of the Mind, Descartes's Method concretely demonstrates the efficacy of Descartes's method in the sciences and the underlying unity of Descartes's method from Rules for the Direction of the Mind to Principles of Philosophy (1644).

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Utgivningsdatum2023-03-15
Mått163 x 240 x 24 mm
Vikt732 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor408
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780192869869

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Tarek Dika is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. In 2016-2021, he was an Assistant Professor in the Program of Liberal Studies and a Faculty Member in the Program in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame, where he was also a Fellow in the Medieval Institute and a Concurrent Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy. In 2013-2016, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Michigan Society of Fellows. Dika currently serves on the Comité de Lecture of Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale.

PrefaceAbbreviationsIntroductionDescartes's Method: Universality without UniformityPart IThe Habitual Unity of Science: Aquinas to Descartes1: The Habitual Unity of Individual Sciences: Aquinas to Suárez2: The Habitual Unity of Science: DescartesPart IIThe Operations and Culture of the Method3: The Operations of the Method: Intuition, Deduction, and Enumeration4: The Culture of the Method: The Methodological Function of Mathesis universalisPart IIIThe First Problem of the Method: The "Noblest Example"5: Defining the Problem of the Limits of Knowledge in Rules6: Descartes's Theory of the Faculties in Rules7: Descartes's Theory of Simple Natures in Rules8: The Origins of Cartesian Dualism in Rule 12Part IVApplications: Perfectly and Imperfectly Understood Problems9: Perfectly Understood Problems: Method and Mathematics in Rules 13-2110: Imperfectly Understood Problems: Descartes's Deduction of the Law of Refraction and the Shape of the Anaclastic Lens in Rule 8Part VBeyond Rules11: Descartes's Method after RulesConclusionAppendixBibliographyIndex

No question in Descartes's thought is more difficult than his method. The Rules for the Direction of the Mind, an unfinished treatise on method left unpublished in Descartes's lifetime has given rise to numerous inconsistent interpretations, nor is it easy to see how it is reflected in his later work. Tarek Dika's new book takes account of startling new manuscript discoveries about the Rules and offers a bold and unified new reading of the text and the project of method in Descartes's thought. It changes the way in which we see Descartes, and will open up new conversations about this canonical figure in the history of philosophy and science.