dc.contributor.author | Raftopoulos, Athanassios | en |
dc.creator | Raftopoulos, Athanassios | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-27T10:22:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-07-27T10:22:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/37612 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper aims to provide an explication of the meaning of 'analysis' and 'synthesis' in Descartes' writings. In the first part I claim that Descartes' method is entirely captured by the term 'analysis', and that it is a method of theory elaboration that fuses the modern methods of discovery and confirmation in one enterprise. I discuss Descartes' methodological writings, assess their continuity and coherence, and I address the major shortcoming of previous interpretations of Cartesian methodology. I also discuss the Cartesian method in the context of other conceptions of scientific method of that era and argue that Descartes' method significantly transforms these conceptions. In the second part I argue that mathematical and natural-philosophical writings exhibit this kind of analysis. To that effect I examine in Descartes' writings on the method as used in mathematics, and Descartes' account of the discovery of the nature of the rainbow in the Meteors . Finally, I briefly assess Descartes' claim regarding the universality of his method. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. | en |
dc.source | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A | en |
dc.source.uri | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0037902490&doi=10.1016%2fS0039-3681%2803%2900026-8&partnerID=40&md5=81d1487a076d33d26fb0c096e483cbe3 | |
dc.subject | Analysis | en |
dc.subject | Cartesian method | en |
dc.subject | Rainbow | en |
dc.subject | Simple natures | en |
dc.subject | Synthesis | en |
dc.subject | Theory elaboration | en |
dc.title | Cartesian analysis and synthesis | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/S0039-3681(03)00026-8 | |
dc.description.volume | 34 | |
dc.description.issue | 2 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 265 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 308 | |
dc.author.faculty | Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / Faculty of Social Sciences and Education | |
dc.author.department | Τμήμα Ψυχολογίας / Department of Psychology | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.description.notes | Cited By :2; Export Date: 20 July 2017 | en |
dc.contributor.orcid | Raftopoulos, Athanassios [0000-0002-6865-7127] | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0002-6865-7127 | |