The Need for Experiments

From Discourse on the Method by René Descartes
As his physics advances, Descartes acknowledges increasing dependence on experiments to decide among possible explanations.
Part VI

Descartes describes the necessity of many experiments to advance natural philosophy and requests assistance and funding for this purpose.

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