PHILOS 1E03 Lecture 1: Meditation 1 Rene Descartes on The External World
17 Jan 2020
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This model through knowledge came from senses, observable world. To put it simply, the problem is to show how we can have any knowledge of the world ar us at all. Trying to determine which one of his beliefs are real or not (reassessment) Descartes wanted to create method to establish something in the sciences that was. "i realized that if i wanted to establish anything in the sciences that was stable and to last, i needed- just once in my life- to demolish everything completely and start from the foundations. Wants to be certain psychologically and rationally sure of himself. Our eyes lie to us all the time. Descartes asks how likely is it that i can doubt that im really here. Where events and actions we real that telling the difference was very difficult if not impossible ld around at was true and likely tart again s were so.
