PHIL 2160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Solipsism, Well-Founded Relation, Intentionality
20 Jan 2016
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Lecture descartes (substance and essence, descartes ontology, the proofs for god"s existence) When we attribute an ontology to someone, we are discussing what they think exists or is. But do they represent anything real outside the mind: there seems to be something outside our minds that are distinct from our mind. We have ideas of things that seem different from thoughts, such as when we see a table. However, we don"t know for sure if this table exists outside of our mind. Because we have an innate understanding of the distinction between extended things and non-extended things (thoughts, things with consciousness: these are basic intuitive concepts we have about the world. Do sensory ideas represent extra-mental reality: i might conclude straightaway that i know the wax through the vision had by the eye, and through an inspection on the part of the mind alone.
