Rene Descartes - The Four Rules of Method (Discourse on Method, pt. 2)

Rene Descartes - The Four Rules of Method (Discourse on Method, pt. 2) - Philosophy Core Concepts

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This is a video in my new Core Concepts series -- designed to provide students and lifelong learners a brief discussion focused on one main concept from a classic philosophical text and thinker.
This Core Concept video focuses on Rene Descartes' Discourse on Method, looking specifically at the Four Rules of Method Descartes sets out in part 2 of that work.
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@rogerevans9666 4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of my first algebra class. The teacher never mentioned Descartes, but told us to start with our "known's" and use them to solve for the "unknown's". Break each problem down into its smallest parts and solve the little problems first and use them to solve the big one. Then check your work and review your procedure. Ben Franklin in his "Autobiography" seemed to have used this procedure to improve his behavior. He even kept a chart of his weekly progress in eliminating bad habits. The first big step was to recognize he was the one offending people. Not many people can do that.

@GregoryBSadler 11 жыл бұрын

I'm glad they've been helpful for you -- and Yes, I typically answer most comments

@sarahkuilboer765 3 жыл бұрын

All of your explanations are amazing and so helpful. Thank you!!

@GregoryBSadler 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to read it

@emokemezei1469 11 жыл бұрын

thank you very much! Your lectures are really clear and understandable. it helped me a lot:) I am preparing for an exam and now I think I know more.

@Tiffany_Lam 8 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for uploading this! it was super helpful.

@GregoryBSadler 8 жыл бұрын

+Tiffany Lam You're welcome!

@brendanhall6615 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for the video/s man, you have helped me a lot.

@Lansdownmedia 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks helped me a ton!

@GregoryBSadler 8 жыл бұрын

+Garrett Lansdown Glad it was helpful

@jlpaguinto1323 10 жыл бұрын

Very helpful pops :)

@GregoryBSadler 11 жыл бұрын

Good to read!

@GregoryBSadler 11 жыл бұрын

Glad they helped

@haradayuuri 4 жыл бұрын

thank you very much the video helped me a lot !

@GregoryBSadler 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to read it - you're welcome!

@GregoryBSadler 11 жыл бұрын

I'm going to leave that topic, for the time being, to you to investigate, since you already seem to have some ideas formed about it. I'm sure you'll be able to track something down, if you start reading through Ancient philosophy sources. I've got plenty of other work to attend to, and quite frankly, while I provide these videos for free, I don't generally do tutoring or other people's research for free. Good luck with your project about Aristotle, Plato, and their relationship

@GregoryBSadler 11 жыл бұрын

So, three questions there: 1) I have no videos on non-western thought at present 2) One can be a conservative without being interested in Great Books -- I've firsthand experience of that. One can be interested in Great Books without being a conservative -- I fit that. And rejecting multi-culturalism doesn't equate to endorsing a Great Books curriculum 3) I don't think particularly highly of Bloom myself. He's someone to take account of in Plato scholarship -- one of many

@GregoryBSadler 11 жыл бұрын

I read that book of Bloom back as an undegrad, about two decades ago. I thought -- and still think -- Bloom got some things right in the work, but overplayed his hand on a number of others. Maybe I'll do a video on it sometime down the line

@GregoryBSadler 11 жыл бұрын

new Core Concept video, on a key idea of one of the fathers of modern philosophy. . well, even modernity itself

@yousuf887766 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Great video, prof.Sadler.

@GregoryBSadler 11 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad you liked it

@GregoryBSadler 11 жыл бұрын

Yes, I've seen some of his vids. Relativism, multiculturalism, and the left in general are all in his crosshairs, that's true. I'd say that you're partly right that the main people who endorse great books model education tend to be conservatives -- though only certain sorts of conservatives (many people who fit that designation are not really interested in Great Books at all). There's others, like myself, who aren't very well-described as conservatives, but who are for Great Books

@anorderedhole2197 6 жыл бұрын

This is how laboratory research works. Science has this veneer to provide new solutions to the unknown but it's just a method to revisit past observations.

@GregoryBSadler 6 жыл бұрын

Well, I suppose "past" relative to when theorization about those observations takes place. But there is some prospective work as well, though, right?

@anorderedhole2197 6 жыл бұрын

It's not so much theoretical but retracing your steps. Or like making a model of experience that can substitute for the original. Like experiencing something while making a model of it in parallel. Or like a representation.

@anorderedhole2197 6 жыл бұрын

Like I agree that science does not address that question. But it's basically how Descartes is billed here. If someone tries to make sense of their findings beyond just documenting their method they are practicing philosophy without a license. Scientists can be hopelessly blind to this or actually acutely aware with numerous frustrations they can talk about to death. Scientists love doubt though or asking, "how are you so sure?" or "Why do you think that?" But they don't see it as a home away from home like Descartes. They don't take it like Descartes and then use it to illustrate the self or the intellect that brings things together. Like a doubt that isn't conscious. But conserving his hyper-awareness that he might be deceived. Kind of neurotic and destructive at times.

@kawilamana5768 8 ай бұрын

Impressive. Just an aside. Rene Descartes' first principle is a legal standard of proof (SOP) in U.S. civil cases, i.e., "clear and convincing (distinct) evidence," a much more rigorous and exacting SOP than the mere "preponderance (>50%) of evidence."

@GregoryBSadler 8 ай бұрын

"Convincing" is definitely not equivalent to "distinct". So, no

@heomap6551 4 жыл бұрын

How it differs from First Principle? Can anyone help? Thanks

@GregoryBSadler 4 жыл бұрын

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@GregoryBSadler 11 жыл бұрын

Nice! I don't think methheads really have any universal rules, though, do they?

@GregoryBSadler 11 жыл бұрын

Well, here's some responses: You're missing my point by going back to Saint John's over and over. Saint John's is only one of hundreds of colleges and universities. And, see the comment about the false dichotomy between Great Books and multiculturalism. As to Bloom, you asked, I answered. If you want to think he's great, go on ahead. And if you want to take those endorsements as meaningful, go on ahead. Plato doesn't mention Aristotle. Other sources give us that information