Descartes’ Third Meditation: Proof of God’s Existence

In Rene Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes is seeking to find a system of stable, lasting and certain knowledge, which he can ultimately regard as the Truth. In his methodical quest to carry out his task, Descartes eventually arrives at the proverbial fork in the road: how to bridge the knowledge of self with … Read more

Descartes And How He Tried To Remove Himself From His Skeptical Point

In the Meditations, Descartes embarks upon what Bernard Williams has called “the project of ‘Pure Enquiry’ to discover certain, indubitable foundations for knowledge. ” Although Descartes’ views relied mainly on skepticism, he did make an attempt to ‘remove’ himself from this doubt. By subjecting everything to doubt Descartes hoped to discover whatever was immune to … Read more

Meditations – Descartes

In the Meditations, Descartes embarks upon what Bernard Williams has called the project of ‘Pure Enquiry’ to discover certain, indubitable foundations for knowledge. By subjecting everything to doubt Descartes hoped to discover whatever was immune to it. In order to best understand how and why Descartes builds his epistemological system up from his foundations in … Read more

Descartes’ Meditations Essay

Descartes overall objective in the Meditations is to question knowledge. To explore such metaphysical issues as the existence of God and the separation of mind and body, it was important for him to distinguish what we can know as truth. He believed that reason as opposed to experience was the source for discovering what is … Read more

Descartes and Bacon on the methods of knowledge

Cognition Cognition is the highest form of reflection of objective reality. Cognition does not exist separately from the cognitive activity of individuals, but the latter can only be known to the extent that they master the collectively developed, objectified system of knowledge that is passed on from one generation to another. There are various levels … Read more