Rules for the Direction of the Mind

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methodological treatise philosophical treatise unfinished work

Rules for the Direction of the Mind is an unfinished philosophical and methodological treatise by René Descartes that outlines his early ideas on scientific method and rational inquiry.

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Label Occurrences
Rules for the Direction of the Mind canonical 30
Regulae ad directionem ingenii 11
Descartes’ method of direction of the mind 1

Statements (54)

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author René Descartes ⓘ
completionStatus unfinished ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
focusesOn clear and distinct ideas ⓘ
methodical doubt ⓘ
orderly analysis of problems ⓘ
reduction of complex problems to simpler ones ⓘ
genre epistemology ⓘ
logic ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
hasInfluenced modern epistemology ⓘ
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influenced Cartesianism ⓘ
surface form: Cartesian method

Discours de la méthode ⓘ
surface form: Discourse on the Method
language Latin ⓘ
mainSubject intuition and deduction ⓘ
method of knowledge ⓘ
rational inquiry ⓘ
rules of reasoning ⓘ
scientific method ⓘ
numberOfRulesCompleted 21 ⓘ
numberOfRulesPlanned 36 ⓘ
originalTitle Rules for the Direction of the Mind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Regulae ad directionem ingenii
philosophicalSchool Cartesianism ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Rationalism ⓘ
timeOfWriting early 17th century ⓘ

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