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Rene Descartes Meditation 1 Summary
In meditation one, Descartes believes that sciences require that the truth is absolutely certain and because of this he chooses to reject any all beliefs that have even a slight possibility of doubt. But since all beliefs can’t be proved certain, then all of the beliefs he has are doubtful and deceiving. And because his senses tell him this false belief is true, his senses are also an illusion. To simplify: all of Descartes’ beliefs and senses are illusions that an “evil genius” made up. Descartes feels like he can't know anything and that everything he is experiencing is a dream or that an “evil genius” does things to deceive us making us think something happened when nothing actually happened and we just stopped thinking for a little bit. …show more content…
In our lives, we can remember most of everything that goes on instead of having it all be a blur. If we had an “evil genius” deceiving us by making us think that something is happening to us when really we just stopped thinking for a little while, then if someone balled up their fist and punched me in the face knocking me unconscious, how come I would feel light headed and my head would hurt for awhile after I become conscious again? If we had the “evil genius” deceiving us by making us think that we got hit in the head when we actually just stopped thinking for a little bit, we would feel nothing afterward and we would stand back up like nothing had happened. Things can happen to us, such as getting hurt, that are not optical
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