So Descartes has relinquished anything he could call into doubt and is rebuilding a method for certainty. ... In terms of the aforesaid claim, Descartes' claim that his conclusions are based on self-evident intuition is coherent with his method of doubt. ... In discourse four, he expresses this when he says that there is nothing that reassures him he is speaking the truth other than conceiving "very clearly and very distinctly."" Thus Descartes is unable to claim to become certain of his own existence on the basis of the method of doubt articulated in the first meditation. ... The ...

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Finally, after traveling all over Europe, Descartes decided to end his travels and reside in Holland in 1628 where he began to write his three famous books, Discourse on Method, Meditations on First Philosophy and Principles of Philosophy where his passion for philosophy and mathematics could shine. ... To insure the integrity of his newly acquired understanding of reality, he uses the method of doubt. It is only through this method that he can grasp the true nature of reality. After establishing the existence of himself, God, and the external world through this method, Descartes feels he now...

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Rather, philosophy should be integrated with the rest of the sciences through the method of rational judgment. ... Descartes" method and theory on knowledge was well planned and carefully thought out ...

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