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Philosophize This!
It was discussed as an example of Descartes' attempt to apply mathematical certainty to thinking, aiming to achieve certainty about things through clear and distinct propositions. The podcast highlighted his method of linking propositions, similar to mathematical equations, to build a foundation for certain knowledge.
He's a mathematician turned philosopher, a mathematician fascinated by the level of certainty we can have when we say things like one plus one equals two. And he wants to try emulate this process of m...
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It was discussed as an example of Descartes' attempt to apply mathematical certainty to thinking, aiming to achieve certainty about things through clear and distinct propositions. The podcast highlighted his method of linking propositions, similar to mathematical equations, to build a foundation for certain knowledge.
He's a mathematician turned philosopher, a mathematician fascinated by the level of certainty we can have when we say things like one plus one equals two. And he wants to try emulate this process of mathematical certainty and apply it to thinking, the goal being to arrive at certainty about things.
in his book Rules for the Direction of the Mind, he talks about taking clear and distinct propositions and linking them together in the same sort of way a mathematician might say something like, okay well one plus one equals two. All right now two plus five equals seven. We know that, right? Okay now seven times four equals twenty-eight.