Q: Explain why Descartes wants to establish a radical doubt. Then summarize the main steps of his argument in his meditation 1. Finally, what conclusion does he arrive at?
A: Descartes is questioning everything he thought he once knew for certain, this includes challenging the senses along with our perception of reality. By establishing a radical doubt, Descartes searches for a foundation of knowledge. In order to reach a conclusion to his methodological doubts, Descartes takes his argument a step further. In Meditation 1 Descartes questions our senses on the basis of, how do we know that what we are experiencing is not just a dream? For our senses have the ability to deceive us (and they have done so already). Descartes goes so far as to doubt
A: Descartes is questioning everything he thought he once knew for certain, this includes challenging the senses along with our perception of reality. By establishing a radical doubt, Descartes searches for a foundation of knowledge. In order to reach a conclusion to his methodological doubts, Descartes takes his argument a step further. In Meditation 1 Descartes questions our senses on the basis of, how do we know that what we are experiencing is not just a dream? For our senses have the ability to deceive us (and they have done so already). Descartes goes so far as to doubt