For it seemed to me that I could find much more truth in the reasonings that each person makes concerning matters that are important to him, and whose outcome ought to cost him dearly later on if he judged badly, than in those reasonings engaged in by a man of letters in his study, which touch on speculations that produce no effect and are of no other consequence to him except perhaps that, the more they are removed from common sense, the more pride he will take in them.
That’s interesting considering how abstract at least some of his philosophy was. Did he do much with observing how people think about issues where they have important stakes and personal experience? I’m adding the personal experience because, for example, the stakes can be very high in a war zone, but a lot of the people there are estimating based on little experience.
Rene Descartes
That’s interesting considering how abstract at least some of his philosophy was. Did he do much with observing how people think about issues where they have important stakes and personal experience? I’m adding the personal experience because, for example, the stakes can be very high in a war zone, but a lot of the people there are estimating based on little experience.