This is the second of a new two-volume edition of the works of Descartes in Penguin Classics. This volume is designed for students who approach Descartes from the point of view of his philosophy of science. Includes DISCOURSE ON METHOD, the most accessible and well-known of his discussions of scientific method; the first seven chapters of the earlier, unpublished work, THE WORLD; as well as a selection of Descartes' correspondence and his replies to his critics.
| ISBN: | 9780140446999 |
| Publication date: | 2nd September 1999 |
| Author: | René Descartes, Desmond M Clarke |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Genres: |
Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Philosophical traditions and schools of thought |