Descartes" method of doubt is located in his first meditation in which he is concerned to put forward a series of sceptical arguments relating to past experiences and issues dealing with mathematical knowledge. ... From the beginning of the first meditation Descartes indicates that he will in fact attack his own opinions through attacking his own "principles" on which they are based. ... Descartes philosophy brought into context how first principles should be rejected and new ones to be focused upon. The first objection towards Descartes philosophy is the reason why an individual must dis...

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This meaning is similar in philosophy, but it is more specific. "Skepticism in Western philosophy is the attitude of doubting knowledge claims set forth in various areas. ... On the same note of skeptic philosophers, René Descartes expressed on his Meditations on First Philosophy that he believed that it was possible for all of reality to actually be a dream and that it was possible to live in our dreams. ... And we understand that by his way of thinking and his philosophical ideas and interpretations, that he follows a skeptical kind of philosophy as well. With these given example...

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