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A 6 page essay that examines the argument that Rene Descartes presents in Meditation III, from Meditations on First Philosophy, on the existence of God. The writer first presents a discussion of the points that Descartes makes in this Meditations and then offers comments that argue that Descartes' argument fails to prove that God exists. No additional sources cited.
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of sources and the nature of true knowledge, as well as the existence of God and the creation of the universe. By addressing, how knowledge is obtained and then known
to be accurate, Descartes helped to precipitate the revolution in thinking that led to scientific methods of investigation. In his third meditation, Descartes presents his chief argument concerning the existence
of God. The following examination of Meditation III will, first of all, consider the argument that Descartes presents, and then consider whether or not Descartes achieved his purpose in proving
the existence of God. Meditation III Descartes begins Meditation III by reiterating and affirming his conclusions from Meditations I and II, which is his definition of himself as "...a
thing that thinks" (Descartes, 2001). He affirms that he is a thinking being who is capable of doubt and affirmation, denial and knowledge. He is certain that he thinks and
upon this foundation Descartes painstakingly builds his model of reality. However, before he can obtain a clear and true picture of reality, Descartes feels that he must address the existence,
or non-existence, of God. Descartes proceeds with his demonstration on the existence of God by analyzing the nature of human thought. He states that an idea may be an
image, a form, or a judgement, and concludes that an image or what individuals perceive as form can never be false. However, error is possible because individuals may formulate
a judgement about what they believe they see that does not coincide with reality. Therefore, the source of error lies in human judgment that a specific idea conforms with the
object that it represents. This, according to Descartes, is the most common source of judgmental error. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others are appear to originate elsewhere
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