Author: Richard A. Watson
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
It was Descartes (1596-1650), says Watson (philosophy, Washington U., St. Louis), who established (or perhaps discovered) the rules of Reason, the foundation on which science and philosophy have been constructed since his time. He explores the life of the mathematician and philosopher, for readers who have no background in either field, but would l