Descartes’ Discourse on the Method (IV) None of the proposed philosophical theories is exact‚ not even a combination of two or more theories (Sayre‚ 2011). However‚ Descartes has unique way of metaphysical argument concerning existence of God. Descartes’ Discourse on the Method (Part IV) ends surprisingly with a claim of God’s existence‚ which can be deduced from the interrelationship between mind‚ soul and our existence. Descartes began the fourth section by discussing about himself. The reading
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Descartes Divisibility Rene Descartes believes that the mind and body is different things and that the body is dividable but the mind is not dividable. I’m not sure what I believe‚ but I think I believe at least for now that the mind and body is two different things. I will explore why Descartes thinks you can divide a body and why he thinks a mind is not dividable. As well as what Descartes response should be to Armstrong’s criticism. Was Descartes right or not? I think this is all up to the
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Whereas with Descartes I first provided a brief review of his philosophy (particularly the cogito)‚ then explored secondary sources that posit Ignatian influence‚ I will here both briefly review Lonergan’s philosophy (particularly the “self-affirmation of the knower” ) and suggest traces of Ignatian influence. My rationale for focusing on the self-affirmation of the knower is that it contains the most traces of Ignatian influence‚ and it overlaps with Descartes’s cogito‚ thus allowing readers of
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Certainty and doubt co-exist. The is no doubt without certainty (vice versa). The growth of the idea may be swayed by evidence (verbal‚ visible‚ or experience). Verbal evidence is not always credible and relies on the character of the person speaking; however‚ the speaker may conceal or twist the truth around to arrive at a logical point of view‚ therefore any person may believe the persons point. Lawyers‚ magicians‚ and politicians use pieces of the truth to direct certainty or doubt about their subjects
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and convinced‚ they will be able to subdue all that believes otherwise. Doubt is‚ in many ways‚ an amenity; reality in which certainty‚ would be disregarded. Certainty is a security blanket that masks the underlying truths of life. William Phelps stated an absolute certainty will make anything possible‚ but Bertrand Russell believed that our opinions should always have some sort of doubt. The conflict between optimism and doubt is most importantly meant to be kept balanced. Phelps states with a sense
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Descartes’ first meditation‚ his main objective is to present three skeptical arguments to bring doubt upon what he considers his basic beliefs. Descartes believes this to be an intricate part of his complete epistemological argument. Descartes skeptical arguments are not intended to be a denial of his basic beliefs. On the contrary‚ he uses these arguments to help prove one of his main theses‚ which is the existence of God. One of the main premises that Descartes uses in his proof for
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Montaigne and Descartes Montaigne and Descartes both made use of a philosophical method that focused on the use of doubt to make discoveries about themselves and the world around them. However‚ they doubted different things. Descartes doubted all his previous knowledge from his senses‚ while Montaigne doubted that there were any absolute certainties in knowledge. Although they both began their philosophical processes by doubting‚ Montaigne doubting a constant static self‚ and Descartes doubted that
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Descartes outlined his new way of thinking in his Discourse on Method‚ published in 1637. The Discourse was only one the first part of the volume in which it was published. The three other parts addressed the sciences of optics (the study of light)‚ meteorology‚ and geometry. In the first three parts of the Discourse‚ Descartes sets the foundation for his method.With that foundation‚ Descartes unleashed his famous groundbreaking statement in Part Four:In the first part of the “Discourse‚” Descartes
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Relationship between Doubt and Certainty The 2012 Summer Olympics had a major impact on the world’s views on society when Oscar Pistorious‚ South Africa’s “The Blade Runner”‚ ran the 400 meter run with two carbon-fiber legs. At home Pistorious was always treated like a person without a handicap‚ but when becoming public to the world‚ most individuals weredubious of his ability to compete against non-handicapped runners. Being certain of himself‚ Pistorious never let the negativity bring him down
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Australian Story’s documentary ‘Shadow of Doubt’ gives new insight into the controversial topic of murder while hinting at police corruption‚ tunnel vision and the real truth. This documentary follows Deb Drummond‚ the granddaughter of accused murder Reg Brown‚ in a somewhat biased way positioning the audience in a way to believe that Reg Brown is innocent. Reg Brown is accused of killing Bronia Armstrong at the Wallace Bishop Arcade in 1947. Bronia Armstrong’s family did not participate in the documentary
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