Descartes Meditation Two | Essay

Question 1

What is the structure of Descartes’ Meditation Two essay?

Answer 1

INTRODUCTION | ARRIVING AT MEDITATION 2 | RESTATING METHOD OF DOUBT | OVERVIEW | COGITO | EVALUATING FOUNDATION OF CERTAINTY | EVALUATING COGITO | EVALUATING THOUGHTS | PERSONAL JUDGEMENT

Question 2

What is the structure of the introduction?

Answer 2

THIS ESSAY WILL ANALYSE AND EVALUATE… | I WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW | I WILL RAISE AND RESPOND TO CRITICISMS | I WILL CONCLUDE WITH MY OWN PERSONAL JUDGEMENT

Question 3

What is the structure of the arrival at meditation 2?

Answer 3

NO FORMER BELIEFS | ANALOGY

Question 4

What analogy does Descartes use?

Answer 4

WHIRLPOOL - UNABLE TO SWIM TO THE TOP (TRUST HIS FORMER BELIEFS) | UNABLE TO STAND AT THE BOTTOM - NO CERTAINTY TO STAND ON

Question 5

What is the structure of restating the method of doubt?

Answer 5

PURPOSE | ARCHIMEDES

Question 6

What is Descartes purpose?

Answer 6

SEEK KNOWLEDGE THAT IS CERTAIN AND INDUBITABLE

Question 7

What is Descartes’ comparison to Archimedes’ study of the fulcrum?

Answer 7

ARCHIMEDES WANTED A SINGLE PLACE TO STAND TO MOVE THE ENTIRE EARTH | DESCARTES WANTS A SINGLE PEICE OF KNOWLEDGE TO ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS

Question 8

What is the structure of the overview?

Answer 8

ALL BELIEFS FALSE | GOD

Question 9

What is the structure of the cogito?

Answer 9

NOTHING EXISTS | HE EXISTS | QUOTE

Question 10

What quote does Descartes use to show he exists?

Answer 10

‘I am, I exist, is necessarily true whenever it is put forward by me or conceived in my mind’

Question 11

What is the structure of my personal judgement?

Answer 11

OVERALL, I BELIEVE…