PHI 2383 Midterm: PHI2383 Midterm Two Review
26 May 2016
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Kinds of reality : objective: would be in the mind, formal: would be outside the mind. Therefore, there must be as much reality or perfection in a cause as in its effect. Meaning a mediocre cause cannot produce a greater effect. An example of this would be an average student with a c+ in philosophy and very basic understanding of descartes producing a phd. level essay on. He has an idea of god = god exists objectively in his mind. But does he exist formally? in reality: by applying the causal axiom, the objective reality in an idea must have either a formal or an eminent cause, therefore, descartes concludes: god must exist in reality formally. God must exist: now descartes was certain that god existed in reality, all he had to prove whether god was an evil deceiver or not. For which he came to the conclusion that god was in fact not an evil deceiver.
