Synopsis: Descartes' Conception of the Problem -- How To Do Science: the Cartesian Solution -- Empirical Dimensions of Cartesian Science -- The Two Senses of 'Theory' in Science -- Grounds for Objecting to Cartesian Science -- Why Cartesian Science was so Well-Received -- 1651: A Transition into "Modern" Science.
Generally corresponds to the video segment: Class 9, Part 13.