HUMA 1160 Chapter Notes -Direct And Indirect Realism, Cartesian Doubt
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Decarte is going to re-examine all of his formal beleifs. In meditation 1: all of the beliefs he is examining are sensory beliefs! Theory of perception: is typically called representative realism. The difficulty is that u can only compare your perceptions. It is by examining that we can try and determine the truth or falsity of our perceptions. (pg 46) descarte 1st paragraph. Examination of his principles are to be done systematically. This will all be treated as hyperbolic doubt. These principles of evidence are not articulated by descarte. Principle of evidence (n)- the representative realism assumes but can never prove that there is an external world. The conclusion at the end of meditation 1 is that he is alone in the world. By the end of meditation, descarte is unable to believe in none of his former beleifs. Descarte is convinced that his perceptions arrive from the external world.
