Descartes Dreaming Argument

Descartes’ dreaming argument questions how we ever truly know whether what we are experiencing is while we are awake, or if we are dreaming. When we dream, we feel and act as though we are awake and living out our lives. Are we? Could it be possible we are always dreaming? In our dreams it certainly seems as though we are able to see and hear things, smell and taste things. We can physically touch and emotionally feel things. Can’t we? Whether our dreams are the amazing kind that leave us feeling angry, or let down when we wake up because we weren’t able to experience what we hoped was supposed to happen, or we had a nightmare that we are always grateful was just a dream, our dreams seemed entirely real while they were happening. When …show more content…
As long as Descartes’ is able to think, he will exist. Therefore, something must already be in existence that is thinking. Descartes’ may still question, or even doubt the capacity in which he exists, but this doubt serves as a proof in the reality that he does, in fact, exist. In his quest to find true doubt in realities, Descartes’ begins to question not only if God exists, but if he does, how a good God that he does believe in, who is perfection and can do all things, would allow people to feel as deceived about reality as he felt. Ultimately he chose to believe that God could never deceive him and it was an evil demon that was deceiving him. Either way, Descartes’ thought deception existed, therefore he …show more content…
It is limitless. He realizes that the mind is much more than just a brain, or a part of the body. The mind is the essence of oneself. The body, on the other hand, has limits and boundaries. It is divisible and can continue on after pieces are removed, or lost. Descartes’ also believes the mind and body can be deceived. The mind is deceived by the body, whereas the body is deceived by nature and not the mind. The mind controls the body, but what the body feels and tastes, or desires and needs, is relayed to the brain from the body. The body can deceive the mind in how it acquires or suffices these