René Descartes's "Discourse on Method" is a philosophical treatise outlining his method for reasoning and seeking truth in the sciences. It is significant for its foundational role in modern Western philosophy and the development of the scientific method.
Sources for René Descartes — Discourse on Method
René Descartes — Discourse on Method in Philosophy of Science
Held in the Philosophy of Science chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- Francis Bacon — Novum Organum (1620)
- David Hume — An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748)
- Bertrand Russell — The Problems of Philosophy (1912)
- William Whewell — The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences (1840)
- John Stuart Mill — A System of Logic (1843)
- Henri Poincaré — Science and Hypothesis (1902)
- Auguste Comte — The Positive Philosophy (1830)
- Heinrich Hertz — The Principles of Mechanics (1899)