Descartes First Meditation Analysis

In Descartes' First Meditation, why does he set about doubting all of his knowledge? What is he hoping to achieve?
Descartes mentions that several years have passed since he first realized how numerous were the false opinions that he had once taken to be true. He notes that the subsequent opinions he built were suspect to doubt because of this. He says that he has gained his knowledge through senses or through the senses. The senses are sometimes deceptive, and it is prudent not to trust that which has deceived us. Descartes hopes to set a solid foundation of true knowledge that cannot be doubted.

In the First Meditation, Descartes provides two skeptical arguments. What are they, and what kind of knowledge claims does each argument call into
The first argument questions dreams which often draw upon our experiences gained through the senses. Descartes maintains that humans often confuse dreaming with being awake. Dreams call into question the knowledge gained through the senses. The second argument assumes that there is an omnipotent evil genius trying to deceive us. Anything can be called into doubt if one assumes that every idea is planted in our minds by some sort of powerful deceiver. The evil genius argument calls into question our ideas.

In the Second Meditation, Descartes argues that we can be certain of one thing. What does he claim we can know with certainty, and what is the reason he gives? Do you agree that we can know this with certainty?
Descartes claims that one thing that one can know for certain is that we exist, and he discovered this because he is a thinking thing. Using the example of an evil genius trying to deceive us proves that we exist because we would have to exist to be deceived in the first place. The fact that we could come to this conclusion proves that we are thinking things and thoughts exist. This concept from the second Meditation book is where the famous line “I think, therefore I am” comes from.

I cannot think of any reason why we could not be certain about this logic. In addition, it is clear that thoughts exist as well using his
The purpose of this example is to show the contradiction between how the senses perceive subjects such as wax. The wax changes shape, and how it is perceived by the senses also changes. Contradictions such as these cannot give us an accurate measure of the true nature of a thing. To find the true nature of something such as wax, we must find the substance of the wax. We can more accurately perceive the substance through our minds instead of our senses. This also shows that higher thoughts and knowledge get us closer to the truth rather than the senses. Descartes also states that he knows more about what something is through intellect his understanding of something through his mind. Thus, Descartes says, "nothing can be perceived more easily and more evidently than my own