(Philosophy)
What is the one thing Descartes concludes he can be certain about? Why?
(Philosophy) What is the one thing Descartes concludes he can be certain about? Why?
n Descartes' Meditations, he argues that knowledge is what is certain. By "certain," he means things which are likely to be true. Select one: True False
In Meditation 2, Descartes realizes that he exists as a thinking thing. True or False
1.How does Descartes know he exists? a)He can't know this. b) God told him. c) He thinks. 2. What does Descartes prove himself to be? a) A body. b) A thinking thing. c) A soul. 3. With what faculty does Descartes believe he truly grasps what the wax is? a)The academic faculty. b) The faculty of judgment. c) The faculty of intuition or understanding. These question are from Descartes meditation article These questions are from Descartes meditation article.
1. Summarize the argument Descartes presents in the First and Second Meditations to prove that he knows that he exists. 2. After proving that he exists as a thinking thing (mind) in the First and Second Meditations, Descartes goes on to prove that he knows material things exist as being essentially "extended" things and uses a piece of wax example to make his point. In about 2 paragraphs, explain how this wax example is used by Descartes to show that...
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In his first Meditation, Descartes questions all of the beliefs that he has ever held and finds that he can doubt every one of them. Do you think Descartes is right that all of our beliefs can, at least on some level, be doubted? Or are there some beliefs that we can know with absolute certainty?
One of the traditional goals of epistemology—the branch of philosophy that concerns theories of knowledge—is to identify beliefs that are certain, beyond any doubt. As you will read in Unit 2, this pursuit is the major preoccupation of the famous philosopher, Descartes, who was not satisfied with Plato’s theory. Plato believed that only human reasoning could lead to genuine knowledge, beliefs that can be held with certitude. For Plato, of course, these supposedly indubitable beliefs concern the Forms—a metaphysical theory...
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Read Rene Descartes’ Meditations I and II and reflect on the following: 1. In your own words, how would you summarize Descartes’ argument with respect to knowledge, as he outlines it in Meditation I? Specifically, what is he arguing with respect to what we can know with certainty, and what evidence does he use to support his argument (premises), to reach his conclusion? When answering, make specific references (with quotations) to what Descartes says. 2. What seems to be Descartes’...
Why does Descartes think that even an evil demon cannot deceive him about his first certainty?