SOC SCI H1G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jordan Klepper, Circular Reasoning, Scientific Revolution
28 Sep 2016
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The cartesian method: doubt everything, then i"m prepared for the next step , only accept conclusions that are simple and absolutely certain. Imagine that an evil demon is deceiving him (ex) matrix: none of that stuff"s real; all computer-generated a. b: descartes goes even further: proposes that the demon could even be messing with how his mind itself functions c. i. It seems clear and straightforward but it may be false: build up all knowledge carefully from such certainties. Descartes took a rational justification to be given only by absolute certainty. I exist: not meant as an argument, imagining that he"s being deceived in everything by an evil demon. There"s one thing i"m certain of, and it"s that i exist. Even if i"m being deceived about my existence, i still exist. Even as i try to doubt my existence, there is something (me) that is imagining that, and i exist: a thinking being v. a physical being.
