In an effort to help you learn Descartes' philosophy, I have now posted a different translation (Cottingham) of the first three meditations on PolyLearn. I'm very interested in your feedback about whether Cottingham's translation is easier to understand.
To prepare for Tuesday's class, please do the following.
Read
- Cottingham translation of Meditation I and Meditation II
- Selection from Objections and Replies posted on PolyLearn
Think About
- How does the thinker arrive at the conclusion that the thinker exists? What role does the evil genius hypothesis play?
- How does the thinker arrive at the conclusion that he is a thinking thing, and what does it mean to be a thinking thing?
- Explain the thinker's thought-experiment with the piece of wax. What is the main philosophical purpose of this thought-experiment?
- Given the argument at the end of Meditation II, why is the mind known better than the body?
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