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Critically Assess Descartes Use And Application Of The 'Method Of Doubt'.
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Critically Assess Descartes Use And Application Of The 'Method Of Doubt' Descartes aim in his meditations is to find something certain and indubitable. He believes he can do this by disproving everything and finding something he cannot disprove. He uses his 'Method of Doubt' to do so. He knows that he could not disprove all of his beliefs because that may be impossible, instead he says "But since reason already convinces us that we should withhold assent just as carefully from whatever is not completely certain as from what is clearly false, if I find some reason for doubt in each of my beliefs, that will be enough to reject them all." He realises that he could never overturn all of his beliefs because that would take an immeasurable amount of time as he says "To do this it is not necessary to show they are all false - something I may...
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