HUMA 1160 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cartesian Doubt, Empirical Evidence, Direct And Indirect Realism
1 Apr 2014
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Descartes believed mathematics is the only true and most pure way to learn generally. The question at hand is, what can i know. in order to learn generally, we must emulate the sciences through both the empirical and the a priori sciences. He strongly believes that mathematics is indubitable and can never be doubted. Descartes strongly believes in learning generally with the a priori sciences because only with a priori is certainty achievable and eternal. Descartes was seeking truth that is eternal for all time. In the regulae he talks about various rules and principles pertaining to learning generally, they show how both arithmetic and geometry are certain and in no situation would they ever be uncertain. Empirical knowledge is something that can be doubted or is on a level of both certainty and uncertainty. My shirt is red represents empirical knowledge, something empirical is a temporal truth and may not always be true.
