Rene Descartes Research Paper
What is Descartes' Method of investigation called? How does he use this method to question what his senses tell him? Why does his primary reason for not trusting his senses fail to cast doubt on the truths of arithmetic and geometry? Is there any way, according to Descartes, of raising doubt about even these truths? Are all truths brought into doubt by this method? Does any belief survive? The first magnificent philosopher of the modern era was the Frenchman Rene’ Descartes. He began his career by trying to set forth the basic principal of new scientific method that was first introduced by Galileo. His work was based on the provisions of foundation for the advancement of human knowledge through natural science. At the
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His principal aim of the book was to provide a foundation for scientific knowledge based on the mind and not on the senses. He also wanted to show how science and religion can be compatible by separating the body and mind. To discover a firm foundation of absolute certainty on which he can build his new system of knowledge, Descartes chose to use a method called “radical doubt,” trough which he would doubt everything that could possibly be doubted, until he can discover any suggestion that is logically undeniable. If such a thing is proofed to exist, it would be the base of all …show more content…
Beginning by doubting the truth of everything—not only the signs of the senses and the excessive cultural conjectures, but even the fundamental process of reasoning itself. If any particular truth about the world can survive this extreme doubting, then it must be truly indubitable and therefore a perfectly certain foundation for knowledge. Descartes’s book of Meditations purpose is to address the mysteries of life we are faced with, not the day to day problems. This ambiguous masterpiece he has left for the society, is a message to all of us about the continuous implementation of learning to doubt everything we believe. Mind and reason is what will guide us to true knowledge and true understanding of the world we live
His principal aim of the book was to provide a foundation for scientific knowledge based on the mind and not on the senses. He also wanted to show how science and religion can be compatible by separating the body and mind. To discover a firm foundation of absolute certainty on which he can build his new system of knowledge, Descartes chose to use a method called “radical doubt,” trough which he would doubt everything that could possibly be doubted, until he can discover any suggestion that is logically undeniable. If such a thing is proofed to exist, it would be the base of all …show more content…
Beginning by doubting the truth of everything—not only the signs of the senses and the excessive cultural conjectures, but even the fundamental process of reasoning itself. If any particular truth about the world can survive this extreme doubting, then it must be truly indubitable and therefore a perfectly certain foundation for knowledge. Descartes’s book of Meditations purpose is to address the mysteries of life we are faced with, not the day to day problems. This ambiguous masterpiece he has left for the society, is a message to all of us about the continuous implementation of learning to doubt everything we believe. Mind and reason is what will guide us to true knowledge and true understanding of the world we live