Discourse on Method (Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought) - Softcover

René Descartes (author), Andrew Bailey (editor) & Ian Johnston (Translated By)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554813174 ISBN 13: 9781554813179

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2020

Synopsis

The Discourse on the Method for Reasoning Well and for Seeking Truth in the Sciences offers a concise presentation and defense of René Descartes’s method of intellectual inquiry — a method that greatly influenced both philosophical and scientific reasoning in the early modern world. Descartes’s timeless writing strikes an uncommon balance of novelty and familiarity, offering arguments concerning knowledge, science, and metaphysics (including the famous “I think, therefore I am”) that are as compelling in the twenty-first century as they were in the seventeenth. Ian Johnston’s new translation of the original French text is modern, clear, and thoroughly annotated, ideal for readers unfamiliar with Descartes’s intellectual context. An approachable introduction engages both the historical and the philosophical aspects of the text, helping the reader to understand the concepts and arguments contained therein.

About this title

About the Author

Andrew Bailey is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of Arts at the University of Guelph, Canada.



Ian Johnston is Professor Emeritus at Vancouver Island University, Canada and has translated numerous works from Greek, French, German, and Latin.

From the Back Cover

The Discourse on the Method for Reasoning Well and for Seeking Truth in the Sciences offers a concise presentation and defense of René Descartes's method of intellectual inquiry -- a method that greatly influenced both philosophical and scientific reasoning in the early modern world. Descartes's timeless writing strikes an uncommon balance of novelty and familiarity, offering arguments concerning knowledge, science, and metaphysics (including the famous "I think, therefore I am") that are as compelling in the twenty-first century as they were in the seventeenth. Ian Johnston's new translation of the original French text is modern, clear, and thoroughly annotated, ideal for readers unfamiliar with Descartes's intellectual context. An approachable introduction engages both the historical and the philosophical aspects of the text, helping the reader to understand the concepts and arguments contained therein.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554813174
• ISBN 13: 9781554813179
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100