What- The what of Descartes’ first meditation is doubt. He believes he must begin to doubt all he held true in his life because they were simply falsehoods he accepted and then kept accepting until it was his entire belief system (41). Doubt of what he held as true by sensing and experiencing is the only way to find true knowledge.
Reasons- His reasons for feeling as if one must clear their mind of already established biases and have doubt in anything they hold as knowledge is that senses can trick people. He believes that senses are the basis for our knowledge, yet they are often times inaccurate so we must go beyond them (41). Also, he finds that any of our experiences that have shaped our beliefs and knowledge could be dreams which give
Reasons- His reasons for feeling as if one must clear their mind of already established biases and have doubt in anything they hold as knowledge is that senses can trick people. He believes that senses are the basis for our knowledge, yet they are often times inaccurate so we must go beyond them (41). Also, he finds that any of our experiences that have shaped our beliefs and knowledge could be dreams which give