PSYC 4008 : PSYC 4008 TEST 2
Document Summary
Descartes and got his face on a stamp: step-by-step analysis by descartes that people believed to be true and created a measure. Believed if something was true it would have 2 characteristics: Drew a parallel conclusion: we can"t experience infinity or perfection or pythagorean theorem yet we understand them: Therefore, they"re innate bc they can"t come from experience but they can be understood. He reconstructs the validity of god: absolute truth, perfection, infinity. (2)distinctness: represents a single truth, not a compound/blend. Individual fact; no blending of hidden things. These two evaluations is what he used in. Most things he crossed out bc they didn"t fall under either of them. Given special name bc it is so prominent in psych. This is the basis of his rationalism. Wanted to subject truths to rational analysis and if they didn"t meet the qualifications, they would be rejected. Thought he could create a new basis of knowledge on this.
