PHIL384 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ontological Argument, Cartesian Doubt, Worship God
16 Mar 2016
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It were far beter never to think of invesigaing truth at all, than to do so without a method, (10) Thus philosophy as a whole is like a tree whose roots are metaphysics, whose trunk is physics, and whose branches, which issue from this trunk, are all the other sciences" (10) Take what you need; do what you [should]; and you will have what you want, (10-1) Methodic doubt: empty basket to ind roten apple and prevent it from infecing others the problem of false belief- separate the false from the true lest the presence of the former should produce a general uncertainty about all. Now there is no beter way of doing this than to reject all at once together [except] only those which they know to be true and indubitable (11) Doubt must be based on reason (11) The greek philosopher referred to is cratylus, a follower of heraclitus.
