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TY  _  JOUR
ID  -  1395122215825303
TI  -  A Historical Study of the Origins of the Problem of Method in Western Philosophy and its Reflection on the Methodologies of Descartes and Spinoza
JO  -  History of Philasophy
JA  -  ES
LA  -  fa
SN  -  2008-9589
AU  -   Saberi Varzaneh Hossein
AD  -  دانشگاه تهران 
Y1  -  2016
PY  -  2016
VL  -  3
IS  -  
SP  -  1
EP  -  10
KW  -  Aristotle
skepticism
method of analysis and synthesis
Descartes
Spinoza
geometry
DO  -  
N2  -  The present paper deals with the background and causes of the rise of the problem of method and its importance in the 17th century, particularly, in Descartes and Spinoza. The criticisms advanced against the different aspects of Aristotelian philosophy (such as the discussion of the universals, the re-emergence of Pyrrhonian skepticism, functionalism in sciences, and the development of exact sciences) wavered the foundations of previous philosophical schools and gave rise to discussions regarding the criteria for the truth and the correct methods of thinking. As a result, some logicians such as Zabarella and Eutyches decided to revise Aristotelian logic and began speaking of methods of analysis and synthesis, definition processes, and the cohesion and coherence of matters of discussion. Following the same tradition and, of course, under the influence of Aristotle’s critics, Descartes and Spinoza advocated the geometric method of analysis and synthesis. In this way, they tried to provide a guarantee for the truth of their words and transform the infertility of the Aristotelian categorical syllogism into an invaluable, fertile, and methodic kind of thinking.
UR  - rimag.ir/en/Article/23189
L1  - rimag.ir/en/Article/Download/23189
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