Descartes Argument For The Existence Of God

Skepticism is a problem because, there is no conclusive way to prove that anything other than the contents of my own mind exist. The problem of skepticism is troubling for empiricist because they think that all knowledge comes from sensory experience about the world (our knowledge of the world comes from experience). Considering that skepticism provides reasons to doubt the accuracy of our sensory makes it impossible to argue against it because we can't use knowledge from sensory experience as we get that knowledge from the world. Even though I'm a true skeptic in many areas in my life, I personally believe that skepticism about 'the world' is not practical and thus, we should not preoccupy our minds with it. Whether the external world is real or not, we still have to function in it to the best of our abilities, so why worry about something we have no control over it.

2. How does Descartes argue for the distinction between the mind and the body? What is the mind according to Descartes? What is dualism and how does it differ from materialism about the mind? What do you think about mind-body dualism—that is, do you find it attractive as a view of the mental, or are you unsympathetic?

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In the argument, he states that in his mind he has the idea of perfection and every idea has a cause. Thus, "the idea of perfection must have a cause". Therefore, the only thing that could be responsible for this idea of perfection must be just as perfect as the idea of perfection; because "ideas and their causes have common properties". This means that a perfect thing caused the idea of perfection and the only perfect thing is God. As a result of all the above mention reasons, God must exist. Moreover, considering that God is perfect, he would not be capable of deceiving him; so the way he perceived the world must be how the world truly