Rene Descartes, born in the late 1500’s, was a well-known French, natural philosopher. During his time period, the Age of Enlightenment, the Scientific Revolution was shifting the world. Thinkers and discovers such as Copernicus and Galileo from the method of scholasticism in the medieval times, brought new studies of modern science to this era. Scholasticism is what are past down truths that have been assumed from our knowledge of religion and philosophy throughout time. Scholasticism should not be questioned, since it is passed down. Copernicus, known for his works with the creation of the world, founded the idea of the revolution of the heavenly spheres. He is considered one of the first people to trigger the beginning of the revolution.
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Descartes was worried about how the revolution presents views that our in conflict with certain understandings of nature. The Scientific Revolution makes Descartes question things that he thought were true or for certain were false. He decides to explore everything piece of information that he “knows” to be certain so that they can set up as the primary foundation for our knowledge. Descartes is trying to discover what the certain foundation for knowledge is. So in 1641, Descartes contributed his views of modern, western philosophy in a book called Meditations on First Philosophy. Meditations on First Philosophy was originally printed in Latin, but then later translated to English so that his works can live on for generations. The work is divided into six different meditations. Each meditation endures a different topic that develops his views on knowledge and how we get to that knowledge. He begins Meditation One from a modern epistemology theory by clearing every assumption of the past and to start in a new way. “I had to raze everything to the ground and begin again from the original foundations” (Descartes 13). Descartes goal is to try to find one thing that he cannot doubt, and if he can doubt that in his search for knowledge, he must discard that belief. This way of thinking begins to elevate and become Cartesian Doubt. Cartesian Doubt is the launching point to Meditations One. It encompasses Descartes doubt about how we can obtain
Descartes was worried about how the revolution presents views that our in conflict with certain understandings of nature. The Scientific Revolution makes Descartes question things that he thought were true or for certain were false. He decides to explore everything piece of information that he “knows” to be certain so that they can set up as the primary foundation for our knowledge. Descartes is trying to discover what the certain foundation for knowledge is. So in 1641, Descartes contributed his views of modern, western philosophy in a book called Meditations on First Philosophy. Meditations on First Philosophy was originally printed in Latin, but then later translated to English so that his works can live on for generations. The work is divided into six different meditations. Each meditation endures a different topic that develops his views on knowledge and how we get to that knowledge. He begins Meditation One from a modern epistemology theory by clearing every assumption of the past and to start in a new way. “I had to raze everything to the ground and begin again from the original foundations” (Descartes 13). Descartes goal is to try to find one thing that he cannot doubt, and if he can doubt that in his search for knowledge, he must discard that belief. This way of thinking begins to elevate and become Cartesian Doubt. Cartesian Doubt is the launching point to Meditations One. It encompasses Descartes doubt about how we can obtain