The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Ep. 229: Descartes's Rules for Thinking (Part One)

Nov 4, 2019
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Tractatus: A Manifestation of Descartes' Rules for the Direction of the Mind
02:00 • 2min
3
The Importance of Faith in Human Reason
03:41 • 2min
4
The Origins of Descartes' Meditations
05:15 • 2min
5
The Direction of the Mind
06:53 • 2min
6
The Importance of Studying Truth
08:37 • 2min
7
The Unification of the Sciences
10:07 • 3min
8
The Importance of Focused Attention in Philosophy
12:45 • 2min
9
The Discourse on Method
14:53 • 1min
10
The Doable Knowledge of Facts
16:20 • 2min
11
The Problem With Deduction
18:00 • 2min
12
The Importance of Intuition in Democracy
19:32 • 2min
13
The Importance of Intuition
21:08 • 2min
14
The Importance of Intuition in Reasoning
23:25 • 2min
15
The Importance of Intuition
25:08 • 2min
16
Intuition and Deduction
26:53 • 2min
17
The Importance of a Syllogism
28:31 • 2min
18
The Importance of Methods in Investigating the Truth
30:19 • 2min
19
The Impersonality of Descartes' Method
32:28 • 2min
20
The Existence of the Method
34:04 • 2min
21
The Universal Mathematics
36:03 • 2min
22
The Principle of Quantitative Science
37:42 • 2min
23
The Rules of Conduct
39:19 • 3min
24
The Secret of Metaphysical Simpleness
42:09 • 2min
25
The Relationship of Simple to Complex
44:20 • 3min
26
The Absolute and the Simple Are Really One and the Same Thing
47:22 • 3min