PHIL 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Analytic Geometry, Foundationalism
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Very important to the early modern time period. Thought we could gure out new things: didn"t have to follow those before him. Science ourished: thought they could understand the world. Thought he could apply the theory mathematics to everything. Foundationalism: needs a new foundation of knowledge. Descartes 4 rules of method: never accept anything as true unless it is clearly and distinctly true, divide problems analytically, go from the simple to the complex, be complete. The rst movement of doubt: you can"t trust your senses. My senses are belief forming facts that have fooled me in the past into believing falsehoods. All faculties that have fooled me in the past are not trustworthy as a certain indication of truth. !1: my senses are not trustworthy as a certain indication of truth, if (3) then none of the beliefs i have based on the sense is certain for me.
