Preparing for Tues 14 Feb

On Tue 14 Feb we will aim to finish our discussion of Descartes. This might seem ambitious but we will be rather selective about which parts of "Meditation V" and "Meditation VI" we read. To prepare for Tuesday's class, please do the following:

Read

• The rest of "Meditation III"
• "Meditation IV" - all of it

Think about

• Why does Descartes think that the idea of God is a "positive" idea? Why is this significant?
• What reasons does the thinker give for his conclusion that the idea of God is innate?
• Why must the thinker give an account of human error in "Meditation IV"?
• How does the thinker account for human error and why is this important?