The Two Truths that Descartes Discovers in His Meditations on First Philosophy that Do Not Require the Divine Guarantee
European Journal of Social Sciences 2022 DOI: 10.26417/408bny17 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Topics | Meditation |
| Key points | Argues that two truths in Descartes' Meditations do not require the divine guarantee, despite Descartes' claim that certainty depends on knowing God exists and is not a deceiver. |
Abstract
Abstract In my paper, I show that there are two truths in Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy that do not require the divine guarantee, despite Descartes’ claim in the last sentence of the fourth paragraph in the third meditation that he cannot be certain of anything unless he knows that God exists as Descartes’ creator and that God is not a deceiver.