Rule XII

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Rule XII is one of René Descartes’ methodological guidelines in "Rules for the Direction of the Mind," outlining a specific step in his rational procedure for attaining clear and certain knowledge.

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instanceOf epistemological principle
methodological guideline
philosophical rule
appliesTo mathematical reasoning
rational inquiry
scientific method
author René Descartes
chronologyWithinWork later rule
concerns conditions for intellectual certainty
methodical analysis of problems
orderly procedure of the mind
countryOfOriginOfWork France
field epistemology
methodology of science
philosophy of mind
goal attainment of clear and certain knowledge
avoidance of confusion in reasoning
hasLanguage French
Latin
historicalPeriod Early modern philosophy
influenced later rationalist epistemology
modern scientific methodology
influencedBy mathematical method
locatedInWork Rules for the Direction of the Mind
mainWorkOf René Descartes
partOf Rules for the Direction of the Mind
philosopher René Descartes
philosophicalTradition Rationalism
workTitleInFrench Rules for the Direction of the Mind
surface form: Règles pour la direction de l’esprit
workTitleInLatin Rules for the Direction of the Mind
surface form: Regulae ad directionem ingenii

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