PHIL 262 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Omnipotence
30 Aug 2018
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Reasons provided giving possible grounds to doubt all things, especially material things. Benefit of doubt is freeing us from preconceived notions. Result of this doubt makes it impossible for us to have any further doubts about what we discover to be true. Demolish everything we know and restart from the foundations. Devoting himself to the demolition of all opinions. Go straight for the basic principles are former beliefs rest upon. Important to never fully trust our own senses. How do we know we are actually here and what we are sensing is real. Often convinced in out dreams of these possibilities. Never any sure signs that being awake is different from being asleep. Possibility all of these things (eyes, ears, etc. ) are really imaginary. Studies that depend on composite things are doubtful. While studies like geometry arithmetic etc. are certain. Firmly rooted in his mind is the brief that a omnipotent god made him the way he is.
