HUMA 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Well-Order, Intuit, Simple Math
17 Mar 2016
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Rule 1 states that whatever we study should direct our minds to make true and sound judgments about experience. The various sciences are not independent of one another but are all facets of human wisdom. possession of any kind of knowledge if it is true will only lead to more knowledge. All that is speculative or probable should be rejected and knowledge should be defined as what can be proven by reason beyond doubt. Rule 3 states that we should study objects that we ourselves can clearly deduce and refrain from conjecture and reliance on the work of others. Rule 4 proposes that the mind requires a fixed method to discover truth. A method is defined as a set of reliable and simple rules. The goal of study through the method is to attain knowledge of all things. The human mind begins life in a pure state, and from the moment learning starts, the mind grows clouded.
