Descartes Flashcards
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Radical doubt
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If there is any doubt in a statement, then the statement is false
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Descartes questions
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What can be know with 100% certainty
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Foundations of his beliefs
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Senses
Reasoning
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Axiom/self evident truth
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I think, therefore I am
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Premise
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God exists as the infinitely good and perfect being
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Conclusion
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The external, material world exists
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Principle
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God put the idea of himself into our minds
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External/material world
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WhAt one sees is what is out there
If you see something else, that is your fault
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Deductive argumentation
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Moves from a known principle to an unknown truth
