What Is Rene Descartes Dream Argument

Descartes has presented the dream argument in his work, Meditations on First Philosophy. According to his argument, dreams mirror the experience of the person’s real life. Because of the uncertainty in the process of dreaming, Descartes describes the method of skepticism which distinguishes the truth from illusion.
In the argument related to the process of dreaming, Descartes says that it is essential to understand that an individual cannot distinguish whether he is awake or asleep. Many of the unreal objects are elements of his or her waking life. Dreams represents the experiences of the one’s real life. He describes his experience by giving an example, “sitting here next to the fire, wearing my winter dressing gown, that I am holding this sheet of paper in my hands”, (Descartes 60) and then he doubts it as sometimes he had dreams that were so vivid that he thought it was

In his work, he attempts to distinguish and classify such things: “And by the same token, although even these general things - eyes, head, hands and the like - could be imaginary, still one has to admit that at least certain other things that are even more simple and universal are true” (Descartes 61). The quantity, size, and number of things as well as the issue of place and time can be understood in different ways when a person is dreaming. dreams are based on a life experience; they are things that are true and exist. For example; when a painter creates an imaginary drawing the composite parts are drawn from real things and even when a painter creates something entirely new, at least the colors in the painting are drawn from real experience. At the same time, Descartes states set of beliefs which he finds survives dreaming doubt; mathematical beliefs and the simple things. “For whether I am awake or asleep, two plus three make five, and a square does not have more than four sides” (Descartes