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Descartes Thought Experiment

  • Last Updated: 10 Jun 2024
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From Year 0 (BCE/CE): 1641.5
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Descartes Thought Experiment

Descartes' thought experiment: Descartes questioned the reliability of his senses, contemplated rational ideas with things like the influence of an evil demon. He eventually came to the realization "I think, therefore I am." This allowed him to emerge from an existential void. His cosmic and interconnected thought journey from doubt to certainty helped establish modern philosophy.

Descartes Thought Experiment

30 Phil, Chapter 22: In this new look at Descartes thought experiment, we first take a look at his hyperbolic doubt, and then run his thought experiment a second time using rational doubt transforming his thought experiment from the irrational to the rational.

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