@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@ In 1619, Rene Descartes set down four rules for applying his method for finding truth:
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- Never accept anything for true which I do not clearly know to be such.
- Divide each of the difficulties under examination into as many parts as possible.
- Begin with the simplest and easiest and then work step by step to the more complex.
- Make enumerations so complete and reviews so general that I might be assured that nothing is omitted.
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In the 19th century, the method evolved into six steps, and it was only in the 20th century and the work of [KarlPopper] that it split into those we recognize today.
