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(1989) An intimate relation, Dordrecht, Springer.
In his early methodological and scientific writings [the Discourse and Regulae as well as the Optics and Meterology] Descartes frequently claims that his goal is to produce a science deducible from first principles; one that would provide a level of certainty hitherto unattained. Although Descartes fails to provide in these texts the ultimate principles from which to deduce his physical explanations, he nevertheless promises to provide a complete account of his system in a later work. This is the task he set for himself in the Principles of Philosophy.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-2327-0_3
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Morrison, M. (1989)., Hypotheses and certainty in cartesian science, in J. Brown & J. Mittelstrass (eds.), An intimate relation, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 43-64.
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