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jazzy_daveTom Sorell "Descartes: A Very Short Introduction" (Oxford University Press)
René Descartes had a short working life in general. The work he wrote was small in volume and yet significant. Through this short introduction to his work, the contributions that this work brought to the development of philosophy and science appear sensitive and apposite to our day. It is likely that his name became better known thanks to his expression "Cogito, ergo sum". or "I think therefore I am".
Through the intertwining of "intuition" and "deduction" Descartes managed to see in the principle of "cogito" the existence of the material world and how we perceive that material; mind through our mind.
It is another good introduction to one of the modern founders of philosophy and science.
René Descartes had a short working life in general. The work he wrote was small in volume and yet significant. Through this short introduction to his work, the contributions that this work brought to the development of philosophy and science appear sensitive and apposite to our day. It is likely that his name became better known thanks to his expression "Cogito, ergo sum". or "I think therefore I am".
Through the intertwining of "intuition" and "deduction" Descartes managed to see in the principle of "cogito" the existence of the material world and how we perceive that material; mind through our mind.
It is another good introduction to one of the modern founders of philosophy and science.
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