PHL 708 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Classical Mechanics, Scientific Revolution
12 Jan 2017
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Established that he is a thinking thing, concerning whether or not the thinking thing is connected to the body. The mind is the capacity to make judgements. At 78, the capacity for sense-perception is not essential to being a thinking thing. The capacity to make judgments is correspondence of the intellect and will. God, at this point, is proven to exist, therefore, since he is not a deceiver, he is not causing my sensations (as opposed to something distinct from me causing them) Senses come from something that is different from your will. On that basis, if i were the cause of my own sensations, if i were a thinking thing sensations must come from my will or intellect because that is not the case. If there is an error that cannot be rectified or understood as error then god may be a deceiver. Existence of external world = senses are not completely deceptive.
