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Critical Summary: Descartes' Meditations I, II, And VI
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....in search of the indubitable. With the proposal of an
"evil genius" and the noted fallibility of the senses, he casts potential
doubt on virtually all fundamental knowledge (Meditation I). Then he
proposes that the only knowable fundamental truth is the fact that "I"
exist (Meditation II). Finally, after systematically.... Part 2 of Paper
....ations in this section
shows his implicit belief that he is not being deceived in his current or
future deliberations on the matter. This simple fact seems to contradict
the very essence of this meditation.
The Second Meditation continues to address the issues of evil deception in
body and mind, and aims primarily to draw the conclusion that although at
this point the existence of the body apparently cannot be known, the
existence of the self (which is later equated with the mind) can. This is
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