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In this paper, I discuss why Descartes theories on substance dualism and rationalism are correct. I will discuss how Descartes theories go through doubt to certainty. Descartes Meditations are on theories of rationalism and substance dualism; which is if a person truly knows something, and then they couldn’t be mistaken. I support this conclusion with two principle reasons: first because he states that everything is false; his point is to believe something is true. Second is that his goal is to prove the existence of things. The Meditations of Descartes, his goal is to prove that things of existence would be successful if it were to be logical, and correct in his thoughts. He believes everything is false; his point is …show more content…

Global skepticism was a theory by Descartes to show that any kind of knowledge can be doubted in many different ways. He explains that we can doubt all objects if there isn’t any proves or senses to back it up with. “So for the purpose of rejecting all my opinions, it will be enough if I find in each of them at least some reason of doubt.” (pg.300) He wants to inform people that his knowledge isn’t certain and can be doubted could only be most doubtful. Descartes makes a person constantly ask themselves, why are so many things I thought were true, false? We begin to question ourselves because of his theory of doubting everything. ” …there are many beliefs about which doubt is quite impossible, even though they are derived from the senses…” (pg.300) He constantly reminds us that our senses help us make out whether or not it is true or …show more content…

There are three claims that Descartes gives on rationalism. The first claim explains that your senses can trick you at times. It’ about using all of one's senses to identify if it’s real or fake. The second claim is about dreams and imaginations are based on real properties. “As if I did not remember other occasions when I have been tricked by exactly similar thoughts while sleep!”(pg. 301) Even in dreams, the notion of color, shape, numbers, is real properties. The third claims that God is powerful, so he could be tricking us if he wanted to about these properties. Referring back to the second claim, “these are as it were the real colours from which we form all the images of things, whether true or false, that occur in our thought.” (pg.301). He explains that the images and things around us make us identify whether or not were being tricked or not. It makes us start doubting, and when a person doubts they still

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