The foundational shift of modern philosophy began with a single method
In short: Explore how René Descartes revolutionized human thought in his seminal work, The Discourse on the Method. This lecture breaks down the core principles of his theory of knowledge and why it remains a cornerstone of Western philosophy.
The video provides a comprehensive summary of Descartes’s Theory of Knowledge as presented in his first major work. It examines the systematic approach he proposed for attaining certainty, moving away from traditional scholasticism toward a method based on reason.
By understanding these foundational principles, viewers can see how Descartes established the framework for modern epistemology—the study of how we know what we know.
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