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Short essay on Descartes First Meditation

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Philosophy

 

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Donald J

 

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June 2, 2015

 

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(Had Descartes not used this rationalization I would really think he was crazy.) The idea I found most interesting in the first meditation was the argument about dreams Descartes uses to explain why senses are not entirely reliable. He mentions, and I agree, that things we do when we are awake, like extend our hand consciously and deliberated “would not be so distinct for someone who is asleep...
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He mentions, and I agree, that things we do when we are awake, like extend our hand consciously and deliberated “would not be so distinct for someone who is asleep.” Is not unusual for me to wake up sweating and screaming because of a bad dream that feels so real. I then imagine how would I know I’m having a dream if it feels so real and palpable? In Descartes words: “I see so plainly that there are no definitive signs by which to distinguish being awake from being asleep...
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