PH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mind, Pineal Gland, Mental Substance
13 Apr 2018
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Start with his cogito: nothing to prove from existence. But since the cogito is clear and distinct it is true. So all clear and distinct ideas are true. But he isn"t sure about that because he isn"t sure about unavoidable error/mistakes. But he can rule out the possibility of unavoidable error if he can prove the existence of god. But descartes takes a detour when he"s is trying to figure out the cause of his ideas, but they are all stimulated by physical objects that we see and feel. Ideas are created by the animal spirits within the pineal gland (specifically, the images that are made in the brain) From the awareness of the idea, the image in the mind, proves the existence of the object being thought of. However, there are ideas or images that thought of that might not be true. Like a photograph of something real and a photograph of something not real (photoshop)
