PHL210Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ontological Argument, Pure Mathematics, Signify
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Recap: cdr, validating cdr, threefold division of ideas: innate, adventitious, produced by me, objective reality, there is at least as much formal reality in the cause of an idea as there is objective reality in the. Formal reality idea that is caused: the idea of god, cartesian circle. Error: descartes: error is result of interaction between "faculty of knowing/judging" and "faculty of choosing" Intellect: that through which one perceives ideas and renders judgments about them. The intellect is limited: why would god create a limited intellect, will: that through which one choose/decides, will is unlimited. Will is not the cause of error on its own: it is sufficient and perfect. Intellect is not cause of error on its own: power of understanding is from god, what is understood is understood rightly. Error: when the will extends further than the intellect: will isn"t contained within the same boundaries, is extended to things one doesn"t understand.
