Plato (in the Phaedo) and Descartes (in the Meditations) In our readings, both Plato (in the Phaedo) and Descartes (in the Meditations) challenge the everyday assumption that our bodily senses should be our primary means for understanding ourselves, the world, and our relation to it. a) Briefly describe their two positions on these matters, with […]
Is Descartes just proving what we already know, or have we discovered something important on this journey from doubt to absolute certainty?
Descartes Meditations So Descartes spends the whole time in this book, which you’ve now finished reading, trying to prove two simple things and one not-so-simple (rather huge) thing. But at the end of the day, do you think that Descartes achieves his goals? Is Descartes just proving what we already know, or have we discovered […]