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  • Descartes Meditations
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    On Descartes Meditations I & II Descartes uses his Meditations on First Philosophy to consider one of philosophy's greatest questions: what is truth He dedicates this writing to outlining a rational, logical process of determining the answer, as well as his own conclusions in the matter. In book I, Descartes sets up the conditions for his search to the answer of what is true. He sets forth the somewhat radical notion that one must achieve a complete and total doubt if one is to accomplish this s...
  • Descartes Method Of Doubt
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    Descartes How does Descartes try to extricate himself from the sceptical doubts that he has raised? Does he succeed? by Tom Nuttall [All page references and quotations from the Meditations are taken from the 1995 Everyman edition] In the Meditations, Descartes embarks upon what Bernard Williams has called the project of 'Pure Enquiry' to discover certain, indubitable foundations for knowledge. By subjecting everything to doubt Descartes hoped to discover whatever was immune to it. In order to be...
  • Descartes Moves Through Doubt To Certainty
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    The Move from Doubt to Certainty; A Look at the Theories of Descartes and Locke Descartes is interested in the certainty of his existence and the existence of other people and things. Descartes' beliefs vary from those of Socrates. Descartes argues that knowledge is acquired through awareness and experience. Using this approach, Descartes moves through doubt to certainty of his existence. He asks himself various questions about the certainty of his existence and solves them through clear thought...
  • Certainty Of Descartes Existence
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    Descartes' Meditations Descartes overall objective in the Meditations is to question knowledge. To explore such metaphysical issues as the existence of God and the separation of mind and body, it was important for him to distinguish what we can know as truth. He believed that reason as opposed to experience was the source for discovering what is of absolute certainty. In my explication, I will examine meditation two in order to discover why knowledge was so important to Descartes. Meditation One...
  • Descartes Third Meditation Proof Of God's Existence
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    Descartes' Third Meditation: Proof of God's Existence In Rene Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes is seeking to find a system of stable, lasting and certain knowledge, which he can ultimately regard as the Truth. In his methodical quest to carry out his task, Descartes eventually arrives at the proverbial fork in the road: how to bridge the knowledge of self with that of the rest of the world. Descartes^aEURTM answer to this is to prove the existence of God. The purpose of this ...
  • Doubts
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    Descartes-A statement by the seventeenth-century French philosopher Ren'e Descartes "I think; therefore I am" was the end of the search Descartes conducted for a statement that could not be doubted. In the beginning, Descartes was in the process of figuring out his nature, using reasoning instead of experience. He had to start with a first premise which was indubitable. He found that "I exist" is something that is certain, and what follows must be certain as well. In the meditator's search for c...
  • Descartes
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    While the great philosophical distinction between mind and body in western thought can be traced to the Greeks, it is to the seminal work of Ren Descartes (1596-1650) [see figure 1], French mathematician, philosopher, and physiologist, that we owe the first systematic account of the mind / body relationship. Descartes was born in Touraine, in the small town of La Haye and educated from the age of eight at the Jesuit college of La Flche. At La Flche, Descartes formed the habit of spending the mor...
  • Few Features Of Descartes Method Of Doubt
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    Ren'e Descartes (1596-1650) Ren'e Descartes (1596-1650) is one of the most important Western philosophers of the past few centuries. During his lifetime, Descartes was just as famous as an original physicist, physiologist and mathematician. But it is as a highly original philosopher that he is most frequently read today. He attempted to restart philosophy in a fresh direction. For example, his philosophy refused to accept the Aristotelian and Scholastic traditions that had dominated philosophica...

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