Descartes doubted everything. ... (Descartes, 30) Descartes then concludes that the piece of wax may take on many different forms alienated from its original. ... (Descartes, 72) Descartes also provides evidence for the existence of things that our perceived through the senses. ... (Descartes, 78) Descartes then comes up with the conclusion that material objects do indeed exist. ... (Descartes, 80) Descartes made specific arguments about the existence of external objects. ...

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Descartes' proof of the existence of God occurs in the Third Meditation. ... At this point Descartes has established the rules by which to lay down his argument. ... Descartes determines that such an idea must have a formal reality, a cause. ... Descartes then makes the point that he has the idea of "infinite- describing God. ... Therefore, Descartes concludes that God necessarily exists. ...

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Descartes' proof of the existence of God occurs in the Third Meditation. ... At this point Descartes has established the rules by which to lay down his argument. ... Descartes determines that such an idea must have a formal reality, a cause. ... Descartes then makes the point that he has the idea of "infinite- describing God. ... Therefore, Descartes concludes that God necessarily exists. ...

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Rene Descartes comes to the realization that he has been deceived in his lifetime. ... Descartes could not have originated the idea of God on his own. ... Therefore, God must exist as the source of Descartes' idea. Descartes also imagines that God exists as a perfect being. ... Without doubt, Descartes connects God to the higher source. ...

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Rene Descartes is a philosopher who questioned some of these situations. ... Descartes questioned this by questioning if the life we live is really real. ... With this final statement by Descartes it showed us his views on God and why he exist. ... Also on how Descartes questioned these situations we experience in our everyday lives. ... Finally I discussed the proof that Descartes gave us on Gods existence. ...

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"Rene Descartes" Rene Descartes was born on March 31, 1596 in La Haye, France. ... Descartes starts by looking at our usual sources for truth. ... Descartes knows that he is not just a body based on his doubt of the senses. ... Descartes articulates this belief in the statement, "I"m aware that I"m aware." ... Descartes' focus in Meditations is absolute certainty. ...

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When looking and examining both Plato and Descartes method of philosophy, we can see that both had similarities and differences to their approach. ... We also see the belief that the mind and body are separate come to life with Descartes after reading Meditation Two. Here we come to find that Descartes was for certain that he could not doubt that his mind (soul) existed separate from his body. ... Descartes uses methodological method to cast doubt on what he felt was not certain. ... Descartes goes on to discuss the topic of God and argues two points that God exists. ...

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A Critical Examination of Rene Descartes" Trademark Argument In the six meditations written by Rene Descartes there are numerous principals and theories proposed, among them is the Trademark argument for the existence of God, which states that we all have an innate idea of an infinitely perfect God and the cause of the idea could only be a perfect God. ... Descartes dubs this the pre-containment principle. ... Why is Descartes so certain as to the actuality of innate ideas, does he have proof of this concept, if so why didn't he present it in his meditations? ... There are yet more p...

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(Descartes 108) This is the basis for Descartes study; he must now work his way up and figure out what is certain and not dubious. ... (Descartes 111) Descartes reasons that he is certain that he exists because he thinks. ... Now that Descartes has proven his own existence it is time to prove other things. In meditation three Descartes attempts to prove the existence of God. ... Descartes then slowly dissects the whole situation. ...

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DESCARTES" AIM Descartes in trying to establish his mind and hence his true existence, more clearly, draws an analogy through the wax. ... Descartes wants to show that pure thought is more essential to achieving knowledge than any other means. ... Wax takes many forms, and can take an infinite amount of shapes more than Descartes could ever imagine. ... In conclusion, Descartes have shown how the ideas of the intellect are more adequate for knowledge than those of sense. ... The conclusion of the second meditation is significant because Descartes" method of doubt has proven that Descartes d...

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In terms of believers and non-believers, Descartes would be one of the believers. ... Now then, let us look upon how Descartes responds to the question of what God is? ... The reasoning behind the justifications made by Descartes is related to "free will." ... Let us ponder upon what Descartes has said before for the sake of argument. ... Furthermore, Descartes himself acknowledges the fact that he is not perfect. ...

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I will do this by stating counterexamples to Descartes" claims. ... These all tie in together; however, there are faults in Descartes" theory. ... The existence of innate ideas is the bedrock of Descartes" system. ... The problem is that Descartes gives no proof as to why this is true. ... So, Descartes" mathematical, faithless proof that God exists is flawed. ...

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However non is more notable, in terms of knowledge on this matter, than Rene Descartes. The phrase "I think therefore I am" is the spirit and soul of Descartes philosophy on human existence. ... Descartes" divergent thinking left many philosophers questioning how reliable his method actually was. ... Descartes overall objective was to question what knowledge he had were absolutely true. ... For all Descartes knew, no one in this universe exists except for ourselves. ...

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What is Descartes" conception of error? ... Using Descartes" thought experiment with the bee's wax candle, show how Descartes changes the philosophical understanding of a substance. ... Descartes belongs to the rationalist's school. ... Summarize Descartes" Real Distinction argument. Descartes" Real Distinction Argument proceeds in two steps. ...

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Descartes Existence of God Rene Descartes lived from 1596-1650; he was a rationalist who wrote a book named, Meditations on First Philosophy. Descartes challenges the idea of certainty. Descartes presents the idea of an Evil Genius. ... Descartes believed that he was his own cause. ... Descartes Vs. ...

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Critically examine the argument for the existence of God which Descartes advances in The Third Meditation In this essay I am going to attempt to critically examine Descartes argument as to the existence of God, as set out in the Third Meditation, in Descartes "Meditations on First Philosophy". ... Descartes premises put simply are as follows: I. ... This means that because the conception of the idea of God in Descartes mind is an effect, that has infinite properties and perfection there must have been a cause outside of himself, as Descartes argues that something more perfect cannot com...

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Descartes tries to prove gods existence in his meditations. ... From this definite foundation Descartes tries to prove that there is something external to the mind. ... Descartes then wrote about the idea of god. ... Descartes theory proves that there is a god. ... In conclusion Descartes has proved gods existence. ...

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In Meditation on First Philosophy, Descartes argues many points from his existence to all the false beliefs and ideas he had accepted from childhood. ... There are mnay examples in Meditations that Descartes uses to prove this point. ... Therefore, Descartes concludes that it is possible that we are deceived even in our mathematical knowledge. ... He identifies the antecedent form of skepticism with doubt of Descartes that questions all former opinions and the sense. ... The philosopher I understand the most is Descartes for many reasons. ...

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In Descartes' Meditation II, his view is that everything that is extended in space exists, anything else does not. ... Descartes tried to connect the two by claiming the pineal gland is the point of contact between the bodily and spiritual realm. ... Rene Descartes was one philosopher that dealt with the mind-body problem. Descartes thought that the mind and body are two separate things. ... At one point Descartes cannot accept his own dualism. ...

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" - Rene Descartes, Meditations, First Meditation, 23. ... Freeing Oneself from Sleep As Descartes indicates, it may be a frightening experience when one realizes that one is in a state of slumber. ...

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Descartes" role of the first meditation is to doubt many things. ... Descartes discards the senses as a reliable source of truth and as an indicator of an object's existence. ... There are still some necessary truths which remain the same both dreaming and waking, and it is these that Descartes shall attempt to uncover. ... Thus, Descartes concludes, though he can doubt complex things, he cannot doubt the simple and universal parts from which they are constructed like shape, quantity, size, time, etc. ...

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This explanation which Descartes proposes raises yet another question: "How do mind and matter interact?" ... Descartes final position is to claim that God is responsible for these interactions. After Descartes, other theories also came about in effort to answer this classic question. ... It is my opinion, that Descartes answer to the ultimate mind-body question is a valid one. ... It is my belief in God that allows me to accept Descartes solution freely. ...

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Descartes developed Anselm's argument. ... From this, Descartes believes we can conclude that God exists because existence is a predicate of a perfect being; Therefore, God must exist to avoid being self-contradictory. Descartes says that to imagine God without existence is like imagining a triangle without three sides. ... However, Kant made a more successful criticism of Descartes" version of the argument. He objected to Descartes claim that denying God's existence is comparable to denying that a triangle has three sides. ...

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Descartes views God in a similar way to St. ... Descartes sees God as the perfect being while St. ... In Descartes "the Argument from Perfection" he reasons that if existence is one of the perfections and God has all the perfections, then God must exist. ...

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Descartes developed Anselm's ontological argument, and believed God is the, "supremely perfect being." Both Anselm and Descartes present arguments based upon reductio ad absurdum, attempting to use reason and logic to support their faith, and show it would be absurd to reject their conclusion of God's existence. Descartes believes that the relationship between reason and faith, is understanding that perfection and existence are both perfections of God. ... In addition, Descartes believes thinking of God without the concept of existence is illogical, like a triangle without its three ...

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