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    Sajune Blanchard Introduction to Philosphy Descartes vs Hume Epistemology is a branch of philosophy that focuses on the theories of knowledge and justified beliefs. There are various methods that philosophers choose to arrive at knowledge and detect what can be true. Some of the philosophers that have played an important role in epistemology are René Descartes and David Hume. Even though they had spent their time doubting the sources of human knowledge‚ their approach was different although they

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    Method is a body of procedures used to attain new knowledge or to correct old knowledge (Wilson and Shuttleworth). Roger Bacon was the first promote reasoning for the scientific method (Shuttleworth). Following the influence of Roger BaconFrancis Bacon formalized the Scientific Method(Harris). Without the influence of other great scientist such as Copernicus and Galileo F. Bacon would not have had the knowledge or even the will to establish the Scientific Method. The Scientific Method “is a body

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    Descartes Meditation Iii

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    Philosophy" Descartes tries to prove the existence of God in the third meditation. He does this by coming up with several premises that eventually add up to a solid argument. First‚ I will explain why Descartes ask the question‚ does god exist? And why does Descartes think he needs such and argument at this point in the text. Secondly‚ I will explain‚ in detail‚ the arguments that Descartes makes and how he comes to the conclusion that God does exist. Next‚ I will debate some of Descartes premises

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    Ben Stone Philosophy Final 12/14/15 1. Descartes’ Method of Doubt basically means to doubt absolutely everything that one could not be absolutely certain of. He has this method because you have all these thoughts in your head that you doubt and are not completely certain about and since you doubt all these things you also doubt your existence but since you doubt your existence‚ this means you have consciousness and actually do exist. Your beliefs are all connected in a foundation of knowledge and

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    Sarah Gabr 900-08-9073 Final Essay In the First Meditation‚ Descartes presents his philosophical project‚ and he claims that‚ in order to complete this project‚ he needs to put into questions the truth of all his beliefs. Descartes shows that we can doubt of the truth of all our beliefs by two main arguments‚ the Dream Argument and the Evil Genius argument. In the Dream Argument‚ Descartes discusses the senses and how it can deceive. Descartes then mentions that when he is dreaming he can also sense

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    Descartes Cogito Argument

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    Descartes has three main arguments in his skeptic strategy; dream‚ deceiving God and the evil Genius. All these three arguments hold that we do not directly see external objects but rather through what our minds tell us which are the images formed by the external objects in our minds. In his argument about dreaming Descartes says dreams are a non-pathological to madness. Descartes argues that dreams depict that even under normal mental conditions our sensory knowledge can be deceptive. Dreams lack

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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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    Pascal vs Descartes Paper Pascal’s argument is fallible because he reaches the conclusion that we should “wager” God’s existence‚ rather than coming up with “proof” by using deductive reasoning like Descartes provides in his argument. These early 17th century philosophers both provided writings defending the validity of the Christian religion and of God’s existence. After the Protestant Reformation of 1517‚ the Catholic Church’s sanctity was questioned. Different religions sprouted across Europe

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    Descartes has two arguments for skepticism‚ the first the dream argument and then second the evil demon argument. Both examples are used to raise doubts in things that we may commonly believe to be true. It seems right to believe that if you know something then you cannot doubt that thing‚ but Descartes wants to be certain in every way that he does in fact know that thing. These two examples are used to bring skepticism into your knowledge of things. For example‚ I know that I am taking a test‚ but

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    In this paper‚ I will argue Descartes’ argument‚ that it is possible to gain knowledge‚ is flawed and incorrect. First‚ I will set out Descartes’ premise for believing knowledge is possible. Next‚ I will reintroduce his ideas in order to point out flaws and show the weakness of his position. Then‚ I will provide a counter to my assertions. Finally‚ I will give my reasons for supporting the notion that it is not possible to gain knowledge. Descartes’ Argument Descartes’ argument for knowledge is based

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