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Meditations 4-6

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

WE EXIST, BUT DOES ANYTHING ELSE?

DESCARTES'S MEDITATIONS 4-6
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WHAT WE KNOW

  • Cogito Ergo Sum
  • Dream Argument
  • Clear & Distinct Perceptions
  • God Exists
  • Idea Classifications
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NATURE OF GOD

NO DECEPTION

JUDGEMENT

INTELLECT + FREE WILL

PERFECTION

IN COEXISTENCE
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FREE WILL

POWER IN AUTONOMY
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INDIFFERENCE

"THE LOWEST GRADE OF FREEDOM"
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Humans: Short Attention Spans

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ERROR

MISUSE OF FACULTIES

"I should never judge anything that I do not clearly and distinctly understand."

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"I should never judge anything that I do not clearly and distinctly understand."

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NULLIFICATION

DREAM ARGUMENT

SENSES

RECONSIDERATION OF

IMAGINATION

SENSES+MEMORY
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IMPERFECT PERCEPTIONS

NOT AN EXCUSE TO DOUBT EVERYTHING
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"But because the need to get things done does not always permit us the leisure for such careful inquiry, we must confess that the life of man is apt to commit errors regarding particular things, and we must acknowledge the infirmity of our nature."

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DISCUSSION

  • Can intellectuals ever find peace?
  • Did Descartes's political correctness detract from his work?
  • Does it matter what the universe actually looks like?
  • What obligations could we have to a world that may not exist?
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