Radical Skepticism
Required
Pyrrho: Suspending Judgment – p. 29
Sextus Empiricus: Skepticism and Tranquility – p. 29
Hume: Skepticism – p. 85
Descartes: Systematic Doubt – p. 70
Recommended Suggestions
Sextus Empiricus: Ten Methods of Skepticism – p. 30
placeCityBerkeley: Matter Does Not Exist – p. 81
Descartes: Method of Investigation – p. 69
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What is skepticism according to...?
Pyrrho:
Sextus Empiricus:
Hume:
Descartes:
Hey everyone! Okay, so I have a question for anyone who wants to answer. I am wondering what Descartes means when he says (3rd paragraph, 1st line) "Nevertheless I have long had fixed in my mind the belief that an all-powerful God existed by who I have been created such as I am."
Criticisms of Radical Scepticism
Descartes: One Indubitable Truth: I Exist – p. 70
Hume: Skepticism – p. 85
Comments (5)
conor said
at 11:04 am on Sep 27, 2009
hey, i think that it means that he had always thought that their was an all-powerful god that created him the ways he is (i.e. the he looks, acts, feels)
CamWilson said
at 12:53 pm on Sep 27, 2009
I think he's using that line as a segue to his next point. Because in the paragraph prior, Descartes outlines how he can't trust his senses because they can be deceived. This line leads him to his next point, in which he uses to deflect the "God counter-argument". That point entails a questioning of everything society takes for granted, and the next one questions the nature of God. Descartes is using that sentence to prepare the reader for upcoming arguments and information, kind of a heads-up that he's going to talk about god next.
Kris Sadek said
at 1:07 pm on Sep 27, 2009
does anybody know is this essay is formal or informal?
Tyson said
at 2:31 pm on Sep 27, 2009
He said you can use "I think... I know this..." and so on, so I guess that means it is informal
Kris Sadek said
at 4:15 pm on Sep 27, 2009
ok good cause that's how i did it
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