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the epistemological crisis that arises from the reformation
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-stuck with no final intellectual authority.
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How does Descartes counter skeptisism?
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-Doubt everything until you are aware that you are doubting...which is undoubtable
-Therefore, you must exist (I think, therefore I am") |
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Why can Cogitom ergo sum not be doubted?
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bc you are doubting, which is thinking...and therefore you must exist.
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What is solipism and how does Descartes tend to avoud it?
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-Doctrine that only I exist
-Avoids it by proving the external world |
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Descaretes proof of God
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-Since I can think of a God, there must be a God.
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How does Descartes prove the existance of material things?
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-God cannot deciece us, so there must be a reality bc we see reality.
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Cartesian Comprisme
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Comprimise btw. church & science
-The material world belongs to science and truths about mind belong to the church |
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What are the 2 substances that make up reality?
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1. matter- material things
2. mind/soul |
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What is the primary quality of mind and matter
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Matter- extenstion
Mind- thinking |
