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America’s Cartesian Intellectual Method

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Alexis de Tocqueville wittily observed that the Americans are Cartesians who have never read a word of Descartes. My purpose here is to explore the educational dimension of Tocqueville's criticism of American Cartesianism.

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  1. Berry College, Mount Berry, GA, 30149-0118, USA

    Peter Augustine Lawler

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Lawler, P.A. America’s Cartesian Intellectual Method. Soc 53, 204–209 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-016-9996-5

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