Descartes fifth Meditation presents the Ontological Argument for God’s Existence. Though many people find Descartes Ontological Argument for God’s Existence to be an unpersuasive and weak argument, I find it is a very strong argument that provides a strong foundation and argument for God’s existence. In this paper I plan to elaborate upon Descartes fifth meditation and slightly over the first and third. After this I will then explain its strong points and weaknesses. I believe Descartes Ontological Argument for God’s Existence in Meditation five to be a strong and persuasive argument.
First of Descartes wrote a series of six meditations to try to argue and establish his philosophical views. In this part of my paper I’m going to explain the first, third, and fifth Meditations Descartes has to offer, to give you background on this topic. Though there are other arguments, they don’t apply nor impact the validity of Descartes Ontological Argument.
In Descartes first Meditation, Descartes says …show more content…
The first possible objection I can think of for Descartes Ontological Argument for God’s Existence is that premise one could be false out of his seven premises because our perceptions change over time. For example if you say I clearly and distinctly perceive myself to have 20/20 vision when you are young doesn’t mean it’ll stay that way forever. This produces a potential misreading of what you previously clearly and distinctly perceived which has now changed. A second Objection to my argument is that the third meditation falls prey to a Cartesian circle. This means that the proof doesn’t work unless the premises support each other at the beginning and end. For example n Descartes writing of the third meditation Descartes writes that since God isn’t a deceiver because Descartes writes we clearly and distinctly view god as a non-deceiver. Then he says God’s existence provides us with clear and distinct
First of Descartes wrote a series of six meditations to try to argue and establish his philosophical views. In this part of my paper I’m going to explain the first, third, and fifth Meditations Descartes has to offer, to give you background on this topic. Though there are other arguments, they don’t apply nor impact the validity of Descartes Ontological Argument.
In Descartes first Meditation, Descartes says …show more content…
The first possible objection I can think of for Descartes Ontological Argument for God’s Existence is that premise one could be false out of his seven premises because our perceptions change over time. For example if you say I clearly and distinctly perceive myself to have 20/20 vision when you are young doesn’t mean it’ll stay that way forever. This produces a potential misreading of what you previously clearly and distinctly perceived which has now changed. A second Objection to my argument is that the third meditation falls prey to a Cartesian circle. This means that the proof doesn’t work unless the premises support each other at the beginning and end. For example n Descartes writing of the third meditation Descartes writes that since God isn’t a deceiver because Descartes writes we clearly and distinctly view god as a non-deceiver. Then he says God’s existence provides us with clear and distinct