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Essay Galaxy - Descartes Second Meditation
Descartes Second Meditation
Descartes's Second Meditation discusses how a "body" can perceive things, such as objects. Perception is vital to his first theory that "[he] thinks, therefore [he] is." In order to prove his conclusion; he goes through a series of premises, or arguments, that lead him to his final conclusion. In order to reach this conclusion, he uses a process of elimination. In Descartes's final premise, he uses the idea that in order to perceive something you must have a concept of it. Therefore, I'm arguing that the final premise is flawed, in that through this concept, he is going against some of his very own ideas.
The conclusion of Descartes's argument is "I manifestly know that nothing can be perceived more easily and more evidently than my own mind�" His conclusion is reached through a process of argument elimination. The argument begins ....
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