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Old 11-26-2007, 01:21 PM   #5 (permalink)
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One of his weakest point, in my opinion, is to categorize everything.
Aristotle also categorized everything... and his categorization is still used from the IVth century B.C....

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In other words, there are cases in which the "Descartes method" hides the solution due to the way in which the method introduces the problem. Another analysis that would generally be more global and avoid exclusive categories or avoid any categorization at all would be of great help.
That's interesting ; could you give an example if you have one in mind ? This is not a trap ; I'd just like to have an example.
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