{"product_id":"descartess-method-the-formation-of-the-subject-of-science-9780192869869","title":"Descartes's Method: The Formation of the Subject of Science","description":"\u003cem\u003eDescartes's Method\u003c\/em\u003e develops an ontological interpretation of Descartes's method as a dynamic and, within limits, differentiable problem-solving cognitive disposition or \u003cem\u003ehabitus\u003c\/em\u003e, which can be actualized or applied to different problems in various ways, depending on the nature of the problem. Parts I-II develop the foundations of an habitual interpretation of Descartes's method, while Parts III-V demonstrate the fruits of such an interpretation in metaphysics, natural philosophy, and mathematics. The first book to draw on the recently discovered Cambridge manuscript of Descartes's \u003cem\u003eRules for the Direction of the Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, Descartes's Method concretely demonstrates the efficacy of Descartes's method in the sciences and the underlying unity of Descartes's method from \u003cem\u003eRules for the Direction of the Mind to Principles of Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e (1644).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTarek Dika, \u003cem\u003eAssistant Professor, University of Toronto\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTarek Dika is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. In 2016-2021, he was an Assistant Professor in the Program of Liberal Studies and a Faculty Member in the Program in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame, where he was also a Fellow in the Medieval Institute and a Concurrent Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy. In 2013-2016, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Michigan Society of Fellows. Dika currently serves on the \u003cem\u003eComit? de Lecture\u003c\/em\u003e of \u003cem\u003eRevue de M?taphysique et de Morale\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50865649516818,"sku":"9780192869869","price":141.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b841b5ba-7dbf-4ab8-851a-3b2b0247eaf8.jpg?v=1737681964","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/descartess-method-the-formation-of-the-subject-of-science-9780192869869","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}