Zusammenfassung der Ressource
René Descartes
- Meditations on First Philosophy
- Meditation #1
"On what can
be called into
doubt"
- He starts to rebuild foundations
- 1. Dreaming Argument
- Our senses deceive me
- "I have the same experiences awake and asleep
- The only difference:
- -In a dream=>I'am conscious of what I am doing
Anmerkungen:
- -In real life=> I don't know what I am doing with clarity
- How can someone distinguish between them?
- 1. Sight when objects are small or distant.
- Are things real?
- All I know is: - I am here.
-These hands are mine.
- 2. Evil Demon Argument
- GOD
- Could he make my perception of maths (or anything really ) wrong?
- He does not do bad!
- But I am doubting
- Something must be deceiving me
- EVIL DEMON ○.○
- 3.Analogy of the painter
- Senses=Doubt
- Composite things
- Studies based on them
- -Medicine.
-Astronomy.
-Physics
- Reason=NO Doubt
- Simple and Universal parts
- -Shape.
-Quantity.
-Size.
-Time
- Studies based on
them
- -Geometry.
-Arithmetic.
- Pictures in sleep = Paintings
- Because
- They are copies of real things
- Elements out of
which we make
all our mental
images of things
- Real=> eyes, head, ears, etc
- Painters
- Example
- Sirens
- Composed
- Colors
- basic