Desartes

French philosopher Rene Desartes's Meditation One: Concerning Those Things that Can Be Called into Doubt is a method of determining which beliefs are certain and which are doubtful. Descartes applied illusion argument, dreaming argument, and evil genius argument. In this paper, I will discuss how method of doubt supposed to work in general with examples and also why does Descartes adopts this particular method. Furthermore, I will add how method of doubt enables Descartes to achieve his goals and how he uses this particular method to accomplish his goals. Descartes’ method of doubt is practically about sorting out our beliefs and keeping the only absolute beliefs, which cannot possibly be false. "…Because undermining the foundations will cause whatever has been built upon them to fall down of its own accord--I will at once attack those principles which supported everything that I once believed." Descartes is saying that because of the weak foundations the built will fall on its own sooner or later therefore, he will "at once" attack his principles. I have perfect example to use here. My Dad usually tells us what is the reason behind Pakistan's failure. When in 1947, Pakistan separated from India there were no rules made and if the

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(A) It looks to me that it's raining (C) If I am dreaming then while it will look to me that it's raining when it's not really raining. So, I cannot be certain that it's raining because I could be just deceived by the evil genius. Lets look at this example: If I think that it's raining outside, I can be wrong about rain but I cannot be wrong about my thinking that it's raining. 214) 2 In dream argument Descartes argue which casts doubt on the truth on our intellectual beliefs. And if foundation is weak eventually it will collapse. The purpose of my example is that when we start anything we must have strong foundations, which must be secure and mighty powerful so it will build up strongly. Descartes accomplished his goals by trying all the factors but finally at the end he came to conclusion that no matter if he is dreaming, being deceived, or his senses deceive him one thing is indubitable, which is thinking. Even if I am being deceived that it's raining, I still think. Maybe it's evil genius, which is tricking us and making us to believe that 3 7+5=12 or cone have three sides. Descartes used evil genius argument to prove that even a priori, beliefs whose truth or falsity can be established independently of experience could be doubtful. From this cause, here is one thing for certain: that I think. For instance we normally think that world is in a particular way, on the basis of our perceptions of the world. (A) It looks to me that it's raining.

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