PHLB81H3 Chapter 1: Notes on Readings Med 1,2,6 and Chapter 1,2.
12 Apr 2011
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O part 1: descartes wanted to free himself from all the assumptions he was thought but only when he have the leisure in retirement to do so. O part 2: he is careful to remove assumptions because if you can doubt anything, then you would have not platform to stand on. O part 3: he use his senses to gain knowledge, except the senses may deceive him. O part 4: senses may occasionally deceive him, but the atmosphere is so lifelike that he believes it real. O part 5: dreaming denies this argument because you are under an illusion that you believe is real. O part 6: things like colours and objects and bodies still exist in reality and in dreams. O part 7: objects in the same category exist in dreams and reality. O part 8: thought hard science may be different, basic logic such as arithmetic and geometry are still the same in both reality and dreams.
