DOI: https://doi.org/10.36719/2706-6185/55/90-97
Houcine Benabdallah
Normal higher school of Bechar
https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5134-3507
benabdallah.houcine@ensbechar.dz
Descartes’ Four Rules and Critical Thinking
Abstract
Thinking critically is often regarded as the first step toward philosophizing. Throughout history, philosophical inquiry has been closely linked to the development of critical and logical thinking. This report examines critical and logical thinking through a philosophical lens, focusing on René Descartes’ four rules from his seminal work Discourse on the Method. By exploring the relationship between these rules and the principles of critical thinking, we gain insight into how philosophical methods shape our approach to reasoning, decision-making, and problem solving.
Keywords: philosophizing, critical thinking, logical thinking, decision-making, problem solving