Question

Which procedures are examples of Descartes’s rules for scientific reasoning? Check all that apply.

A. keeping a detailed record of the procedure and results of a scientific experiment
B. conducting an experiment to confirm the effects of gravity on Earth
C. accepting all of Descartes’s theories as truth
D. answering a math problem using mental mathematics
E. solving an expression in steps using the order of operations

Answer 1

keeping a detailed record of the procedure and results of a scientific experiment

conducting an experiment to confirm the effects of gravity on Earth

solving an expression in steps using the order of operations

Answer 2

Options A,B and E are correct.

Explanation:

Descartes rule ( it was a touchstone of the scientific method) stated and explained that the test of an alleged truth is the clarity with which it may be proven. He always applied reasoning method to explain anything.

A. keeping a detailed record of the procedure and results of a scientific experiment

B. conducting an experiment to confirm the effects of gravity on Earth

E. solving an expression in steps using the order of operations