Descartes Skepticism

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Descartes doubts everything that is suspicious and unclear to find the truth. Frequently doubting things may create the impression that his tactics are truly skeptical; however, Descartes is far from being a skeptic – he has a positive aim. He hopes to not deny all of our opinions on things we think we know, but to reach the state of unquestionable knowledge. By denying everything, his aim is not to prove that everything is false but to find a real answer behind things that has no doubt. However, he realizes that if he cannot prove anything beyond any doubt, he can easily disprove everything based on the doubt. This is much easier and safer to doubt than to assert and prove something. So he rejects more things than actually proving that it

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