Descartes Meditations

In this paper, I will show how Descartes moves through doubt to certainty. I will explain how Descartes uses the cogito, proves the existence of God and what that means to his existence. I will also discuss the general rules of truth that Descartes establishes. In the First Meditation Descar

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The third is that God exists and cannot be an evil deceiver. all things we conceive very clearly and distinctly are true”(Descartes). If God did not give humans free will than God would play a direct role in every decision made by humans. Descartes proceeds to establish that God is good and does not deceive. Descartes first looks at the senses. Sometimes free will interferes with God’s ability to help humans and therefore humans sometimes make poor decisions. Although the senses were not entirely capable of making the connection between the two forms of wax, the senses assisted the mind in determining what the substance was. This idea also known as the cogito becomes the central point that Descartes will use for the remaining of his meditations.

It is important to realize that by this time Descartes has proved three important things. Descartes states that God has given all humans free will. The final is innate ideas; those that are within one when they are born.

In order to get a better understanding of his relationship between his body and mind, Descartes melts a piece of wax. ” By this Descartes means that he wishes to establish a foundation for his knowledge based on certainty instead of doubt. If God is an evil deceiver than this cannot be true.

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Approximate Word count = 1478
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)

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