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Descartes' proofs of the existence of God Descartes uses two main arguments to prove that God exists. I have discussed them in the order in which they appear in Meditations, but there is nothing to suggest that either one is more important than the other. In both he moves directly from the certainty of his personal existence to God, leaving the material world aside for the time being. He is looking to avoid doubt by not making references to data received through the senses, focusing on ideas in the mind. In his first argument, known as the 'Trademark Argument', Descartes begins by taking the idea of 'a supreme God, eternal, infinite, omniscient, omnipotent and the creator of all things that exist'. Descartes then looks to identify the only possible origin of this idea to be God himself. He does this by using what is now known as the 'Causal Adequacy Principle'....

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