Discourse on Method and the Meditations Rene Descartes (作者), F. E. Sutcliffe (译者) Publisher: Penguin Classics; Reprint edition (1968/10/30) Series Title: Penguin Classics 简装: 192 pages Language: 英语 ISBN: 0140442065 EAN: 9780140442069 Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 1.2 x 19.6 cm Item Weight: 150 g 内容简介 Rene Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences, and the extent to which each one can achieve certainty. Drawing on his own work in geometry, optics, astronomy and physiology, Descartes developed the hypothetical method that characterizes modern science, and this soon came to replace the traditional techniques derived from Aristotle. Many of Descartes' most radical ideas such as the disparity between our perceptions and the realities that cause them have been highly influential in the development