Descartes Discourse On The Method Part 4 Summary
Rene Descartes is a very revered French philosopher that proposed the method of doubting in his work Discourses on the Method Part IV (Cogito). The author doubted everything until he gets an idea that it was impossible to doubt anymore, so that it was obvious that this object existed. Descartes method is an important discovery in the philosophy that is used up to nowadays. (Russel 2009, chap II). The author doubted his own existence and the existence of the world in Discourses on the Method Part IV (Cogito) and came into the interesting conclusion.
Definitely, it is very challenging to answer the question “Does the world that I am living exist?” or “Do I Exist?” and many philosophers tried to do it, including Descartes. He actually could not find an answer to the question about the world that he is living, but he managed to prove that his mind existed, …show more content…
Descartes in his Discourses on the Method Part IV (Cogito) and in the text Existence of matter stated that he could be sure only in his existence. He could doubt of the existence of some objects as well as people, because it could be a demon, who presents him unreal things. “From that I recognized that I was a substance whose essence or nature is only thinking …” and “I think, therefore I am” can confirm his existence. He knew that he existed, owing to the reason that he could doubt and imagine that everything around did not exist and he was dreaming, but he could not doubt his own existence.
In the text Existence of matter, the Descartes doubted about the existence of table covered with tablecloth due to the reason that he could not see it and there was no sense date from the table. However, he knew that this table existed, because, otherwise, the cloth would fell down or suspended in empty air. Therefore, Descartes believed that we cannot trust our sense
Definitely, it is very challenging to answer the question “Does the world that I am living exist?” or “Do I Exist?” and many philosophers tried to do it, including Descartes. He actually could not find an answer to the question about the world that he is living, but he managed to prove that his mind existed, …show more content…
Descartes in his Discourses on the Method Part IV (Cogito) and in the text Existence of matter stated that he could be sure only in his existence. He could doubt of the existence of some objects as well as people, because it could be a demon, who presents him unreal things. “From that I recognized that I was a substance whose essence or nature is only thinking …” and “I think, therefore I am” can confirm his existence. He knew that he existed, owing to the reason that he could doubt and imagine that everything around did not exist and he was dreaming, but he could not doubt his own existence.
In the text Existence of matter, the Descartes doubted about the existence of table covered with tablecloth due to the reason that he could not see it and there was no sense date from the table. However, he knew that this table existed, because, otherwise, the cloth would fell down or suspended in empty air. Therefore, Descartes believed that we cannot trust our sense