When Descartes wrote “Meditation of First Philosophy” in 1641, he was looking for certainty. To do so, Descartes thought it was necessary not to only isolate himself to find the certainty he seek, but also cast a doubt on everything he once thought he knew. Rather than casting doubt on every single thing, Descartes knew that it necessary to target the source where they originated from. Descartes separated his skepticism into six different mediation which all create some sort of uncertainty in an aspect of a person’s life. At the end of his philosophy, Descartes has cast doubt on three stages of life: the everyday life, dreaming, and the evil demon.
Descartes first stage of skepticism revolved around the everyday life of a person. He believed that we could not necessarily trust our sense because they are occasion when they have deceived us. He acknowledges that most of the information we have been able to process has been through our senses, but he also argues that in occasion such as small things or things far away, our senses may not be as accurate as we may believe. During this stage, Descartes goal is to cast a doubt on our general sensory and the truths of physical sciences. He does this …show more content…
He believed that we could not necessarily trust our sense because they are occasion when they have deceived us. He acknowledges that most of the information we have been able to process has been through our senses, but he also argues that in occasion such as small things or things far away, our senses may not be as accurate as we may believe. During this stage, Descartes goal is to cast a doubt on our general sensory and the truths of physical sciences. He does this by using the example of us dreaming, that everything we dream comes from real life experiences, or something a painter does even if he has managed to draw an entirely new creature, the idea of this still derived from life
Descartes first stage of skepticism revolved around the everyday life of a person. He believed that we could not necessarily trust our sense because they are occasion when they have deceived us. He acknowledges that most of the information we have been able to process has been through our senses, but he also argues that in occasion such as small things or things far away, our senses may not be as accurate as we may believe. During this stage, Descartes goal is to cast a doubt on our general sensory and the truths of physical sciences. He does this …show more content…
He believed that we could not necessarily trust our sense because they are occasion when they have deceived us. He acknowledges that most of the information we have been able to process has been through our senses, but he also argues that in occasion such as small things or things far away, our senses may not be as accurate as we may believe. During this stage, Descartes goal is to cast a doubt on our general sensory and the truths of physical sciences. He does this by using the example of us dreaming, that everything we dream comes from real life experiences, or something a painter does even if he has managed to draw an entirely new creature, the idea of this still derived from life