Philosophy - Descartes's method

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1 PHILOSOPHY
Answer 1
Descartes overthrew all his belief in order to perceive well defined arena for the church along
with securing the freedom of the scientists for developing mechanistic accounts for physical
phenomenon. According to him, this way, he would be able to fulfill the needs of the
Christian doctrine while discouraging the intervention of the church in scientific matters
along with promoting further exploration of the world (Green).
The basic strategy of Descartes's method of doubt includes defeating skepticism om its own
ground (Descartes).
Answer 2
Descartes had caste doubt on the reliability associated with sense perception. He proposed
that while scientific observations needs to be an interpretative act that requires careful
monitoring. For example, Descartes had noted that the testimony of the senses when omes to
a specific judgment associated with the external world possess the potential to turn out to be
mistaken. Often things are not what they seem to be at first observation (Carriero). However,
he also stated that we should never completely trust the truth of a facts perceived by us. A per
my opinion I agree that several time we get deceived by our sense except the tactile sense.
For example, mirage can be considered as an example of optical illusion.
Answer 3
according to Descartes there exists no specific sign that possess the potential to distinguish
between dream experience from waking experience. I personally believe that people while
dreaming do not realize that they are dreaming, until and unless they are experiencing a lucid
dream. A lucid dream can be stated as a hybrid condition between sleeping and being awake.
Therefore, I come to the conclusion that during lucid dreaming we can control our dream and
thus the Dream problem explained by Descartes is true in majority of the cases with some
exceptions.
Answer 4
several time our unconscious mind does conjure up our dreams that have nothing to do with
the real world. According to Descartes, it is not possible for an individual to determine
whether they are dreaming or are awake. Hence, when a dream that possess no connection
with our real life is seen by us, at that point of time, it becomes reality to us. According to
Descartes, our dreams are made up of our thoughts of unconscious minds and ability to make
choices.
Answer 5
Descartes strongly believed of a notion of belief which remains same in both dreaming as
well as real world when we are awake. Along with this, our thought process also remains