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<strong>Descartes</strong>' Knowledge-set at end of Meditation Five:Beliefs which can bedoubtedBelieve only that whichcan’t be doubtedWhat is falseThere are corporealthings external to me.I have a body.I have a vapory soul.Sensory experiencePhysicsAstronomyMedicineI exist.I thinkGod existsI think, therefore I exist.God is not a deceiverGod’s essence involves existence.Clearly and distinctly perceivedpropositions are true.Restrain the will!Various metaphysical principles!ArithmeticGeometryA MalevolentDemon exists anddeceives me.My knowledgepotential is limited.God is a mere idea.130
<strong>Descartes</strong>' Knowledge-set in Meditation Six:Beliefs which can bedoubtedBelieve only that whichcan’t be doubtedWhat is falseSensory Experience.Physics.Astronomy.Medicine.I exist.I think.God exists.I think, therefore I exist.God is not a deceiver.God’s essence involves existence.Clearly and distinctly perceivedpropositions are true.Restrain the will!Various metaphysical principles!There are corporeal tings external to me.I have a body.Arithmetic.Geometry.A MalevolentDemon exists anddeceives me.My knowledgepotential is limited.God is a mere idea.I have a vapory soul.My mind cannotpossibly survive thedeath of my body.Sensations resembletheir causes.131
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ReneDescartes1596-1650Caravaggio,
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Rene Descartes(1596-1650):When our
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I. Background:Educated at a Jesuit
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I. Background:1644 Descartes publis
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I. I. The Search for Intellectual C
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II. Descartes’ Goal:Lay the found
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Method: The Need for the Meditation
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Descartes’ Method:Knowledge Requi
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II. Descartes’ Plan:His ideal was
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C. Induction & Deduction:Descartes
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D. Rules of Method:Descartes’ met
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II.Descartes’ Method:Looking for
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Little emphasis on on sense experie
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First Meditation: Arguments forDoub
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Grounds of Doubt: First Meditation:
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III. Method:Method: It is a radical
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Consider the following statements b
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First Meditation:Withholding Policy
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V. The Order of Systematic Attack:C
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Objectors (2, 3, and 4 are the most
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1. Doubting Sense Perception:Someti
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2. Dreaming:Another ground of doubt
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2. Dreaming:No inspection of the co
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4. The Evil Deceiver:Can we be sure
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4. Evil Demon:Because of the evilde
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Consider the following statements b
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Meditation 2 Outline: Cogito: The N
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Descartes’ Reasoning:Descartes th
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What Descartes Establishes:Descarte
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Meditation 2: Cogito:The Cogito:
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Meditation 2: Problems with CogitoP
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2 ndndnd nd Meditation : : He disca
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The Wax Passage:Transparency of the
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Wax Wax Example Establishes Three P
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Consider this important statement:
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Descartes' Belief -Set:Believe only
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Third Meditation: Descartes writes
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Meditation 3: 3: SUMMARY OF INTRODU
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Criterion of Certainty:At the begin
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Page 83 and 84: Third Meditation: 3 Types of Ideas
Page 85 and 86: Objective & Formal Reality:Meditati
Page 87 and 88: Objective and Formal Reality:Object
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Page 93 and 94: Scholastic GreatChain of Being:1. V
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Page 97 and 98: The Cartesian Circle:I am sure Gode
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Page 101 and 102: Cartesian Circle:According to Dr. S
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Page 107 and 108: Descartes: Mind-Body Problem:Descar
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Page 133 and 134: Meditation 6: The Problem ofExisten
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Page 159 and 160: Descartes' Belief -Set:Believe only
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