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Central Michigan University A Description of Descartes Project of Doubt Essay

 

Write a 3-5 page, double spaced essay addressing one of the following topics:


Essay Choice B

1) Describe Descartes’ project of doubt. Why is he embarking on these meditations?

2) Describe the arguments he uses to show why we cannot trust our knowledge.

3) Next, explain the point he is trying to make with the example of the wax.

4) Finally, what is the one indubitable truth that he discovers as a result of this process?

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