Descartes Meditations Argumentative Analysis

Throughout Meditations one and two, Descartes makes many arguments about many different topics within the area of philosophy. However one of the more important ones is the idea of “cognito”. This term basically means consciousness or mind when used in the context of Descartes’ Meditations. Furthermore, through his meditations, he seeks to create assurance that it is certain. He does this by making three main points to support his argument. The first point is one that involves this devil or deceiver that he talks about. Descartes claims that he often feels as though he is being tricked or played by this devil. But, then he takes a step back and realizes that the simple fact that he can even be deceived means that he is existent. He then goes on to make the second point that since his is always in some state of mind or thinking, he exists. …show more content…
He then connects this back to the first point and says that even though he may be being deceived while doing the things listed above, he can’t be mislead into thinking that he doesn’t exist. Descartes also claims that it can’t be false that he recognized that he even has the ability to make information, even if it is false. Descartes then goes on to make the final point that involves the mind and the body. He asserts that he has just established the certainty of himself and his thinking, which is the only thing he can truly believe in thus far. Then he says that because this is true, we know more about the mind than the body. This means that because he has not been able to prove anything for certain about the body, we only know for sure that we have a