(Answered) Descartes’ Evil Demon
Write a 2-3 page paper addressing the following prompt: What is Descartes’ Dream Argument and Evil Demon argument and how do the two differ on what we can be skeptical about? Provide one response to the skepticism raised in Descartes’ Meditations. In addressing this prompt, you can and should use the reading from Descartes as […]
(Answered) What happens in terms of the wax’s sensory qualities as it melts? Tell me how Descartes uses this simple example to argue for the existence of innate ideas (i.e. the self, identity, substance), and tell me why is God a necessary part of his argument.
For this paper, consider Descartes’ famous “wax example” (Palmer 64-66), which he uses in order to argue for the existence of innate ideas. (If you have never had this experience, but feel like you need to in order to write about it, try it yourself—but be very careful!!) First, very briefly give a description of this experiment. […]
