PHIL 100W Lecture Notes - Omnibenevolence, Intentionality, Phantom Pain
28 Nov 2012
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If god exists and is not a deceiver, he would have given me a. By the end of meditation 2, descartes has some foundational beliefs. That it seems to me that i m in lecture. Phantom pain: pain on a limb (for example) that isn t really there. Granting infallible access to our own thoughts and sensations. Even for descartes, we don t have infallible access to the causes of our sensations and thoughts. So, more work is needed to ground any knowledge of the external world. Descartes adds to his foundations: way to arrive at true beliefs. Descartes thinks that if god had not given me the ability to learn the truth, he would be, in effect, a deceiver. Using clear and distinct ideas is descarte s rule ( ) It s part of his idea/concept of god that he is perfect in all ways. Omnipotent (all perfect), omniscient (all knowing), omnibenevolent (all powerful), omnipresent (always present)
