Philosophy 167: Class 8 - Part 3 - Discourse on Method- Descartes' Theory of Lenses, and the Reduction of Symbolic Methods to Geometry.

Smith, George E. (George Edwin), 1938-

2014-10-21

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  • Synopsis: Overview of Descartes' Discourse on Method; emphasizing optics, refraction, and geometry.

    Opening line: "Discourse on the method of rightly conducting one's reason, and seeking the truth in the sciences, and in addition, the optics, the meteorology, and the geometry, which are essays in this method."

    Duration: 16:02 minutes.

    Segment: Class 8, Part 3.
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