PHIL 1F90 Lecture 19: 01:30:17

• School: Brock University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1F90
• Professor: Richard Brown

Document Summary

**four questions on exam of all 6 meditations** Descartes meditation 1: about the things we may doubt. I think therefore i am: an attempt in universal nature. Principle 1: (cid:862)i(cid:374)sofa(cid:396) as it is possi(cid:271)le, e(cid:448)e(cid:396)ythi(cid:374)g should (cid:271)e dou(cid:271)ted o(cid:374)(cid:272)e i(cid:374) a lifeti(cid:373)e (cid:271)y (cid:449)hoe(cid:448)e(cid:396) is sea(cid:396)(cid:272)hi(cid:374)g fo(cid:396) the t(cid:396)uth(cid:863) 1st paragraph: (cid:862) setting aside everything which is subject to the least doubt as if i had sound that it was completely false. (cid:862) Principle 2: (cid:862)thi(cid:374)gs a(cid:396)e dou(cid:271)tful should (cid:271)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396)ed as if they (cid:449)e(cid:396)e false(cid:863) Former opinions & beliefs: philosophy needs to be built on a solid foundation. The overall aim: to assess reason (how?, by means of reason (why?) In order to obtain some general rule of evidence (cid:862)general rule of evidence(cid:863: allow to distinguish between what is true & what is false. Methodic or systematic doubt: over-turning common-sense realism or na ve, the belief that all knowledge comes from or through the senses, descartes accepting imperialism.