What is Descartes big discovery in Meditation 2? Group of answer choices I think, therefore I am God exists I am, I exist All my beliefs may be false
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Consider the following passage from Descartes' Meditations: Some malicious demon of the utmost power and cunning has employed all his energies in order to deceive me. I shall think that the sky, the air, the earth, colors, shapes, sounds, and all external things are merely the delusions of dreams which he has devised to ensnare my judgment... I have convinced myself that there is absolutely nothing in the world. Does it now follow that I too do not exist? No: If I convinced myself of something, then I certainly existed... let him deceive me as much as he can, he will never bring it about that I am nothing so long as I think that I am something. Reconstruct this, in your words, as an argument in the standard (premises-conclusion) form.
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Do the (provisional) conclusions of Descartes’ Meditation I include the following? 1. A demon has, in fact, deceived Descartes into believing that Descartes is sitting besides the fire. 2. Descartes doesn’t know that he is not being deceived by a demon, and doesn't know that he is sitting besides the fire.
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