Abstract
THE METHOD ITSELF AND EFFECTS IN DESCARTES
The aim of this study is to examine a method approach of Descartes who has an important place in the establishment of modernism and the foremost philosopher of Cartesian Philosophy. Indeed aforementioned philosopher aims to reach a sound, loud and clear knowledge when creating the philosophical system by taking the center mathematics-physics methods. His new rationalist system deeply affected the philosophy of many philosophers- especially Malebranche, Spinoza and Leibniz- in the 17th century. The philosophy of Descartes formed the starting point in the opposite direction of the philosophy of the most philosophers of the Enlightenment. The philosophers of this age bring the serious criticism to his philosophy that its wounds cannot be closed.
In this study Malebranche, Spinoza and Leibniz's method of understanding will be explained after setting forth the method understanding of Descartes.
Keywords
Descartes, Method, Spinoza, Leibniz, Malebranche.
