SOSC 1009 Study Guide - Simple Math, Work Breakdown Structure, Well-Order

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1009
• Professor: Julie Dowsett

Document Summary

Rules for the direction of the mind (method) 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. Everything of knowledge is science in descartes terms. All that is speculative or probable should be rejected and knowledge should be defined as what can be proven by reason beyond doubt. Limit your study whatever you can be certain about. Only math is going to give that certainty. 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. Intuition, clearing away anything that can be possibly doubted it is more certain then deduction.