HUMA 1160 Midterm: Test 2 huma 1160
12 Jan 2015
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In terms of proving the existence of god, descartes uses the method of analysis. Descartes holds that analysis is the best and truest method of teaching. He acknowledges analysis as being the correct way in developing a metaphysically idea: But it contains nothing to incite beliefs in an inattentive or hostile reader; (objections ii, descartes). Essentially descartes is explaining how a person must come to the knowledge of god as if they discovered it themselves, because one who comes to the knowledge of god by themselves will have a better understanding. Descartes emphasizes that this type of knowledge must be internalized for an elevated understanding and clarity of the existence of god. In the third meditation, descartes meticulously establishes the proofs for god"s existence. Descartes talks about objective and formal reality, objective reality being in virtue of representing something else and formal reality is the principle that determines how much actuality something has based on its independence.
