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Does Descartes produce any good argument for doubting the deliverances of the senses? Are there any significant differences between the various arguments Descartes deploys?
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Does Descartes produce any good argument for doubting the deliverances of the senses? Are there any significant differences between the various arguments Descartes deploys? When writing the Meditations, Descartes' main objective was to build the foundations of philosophy, a base where all further intellectual enquiry could be built. Hence it was vital that these foundations were logically sound. In attempting to achieve this Descartes set out to rid himself of all knowledge he might call into doubt to establish real truths, to isolate truth from belief. His determination was driven by his own introspection; 'Some years ago I was struck by a large number of falsehoods that I had accepted as true in my childhood, and by the nightly doubtful nature of the whole edifice that I subsequently based them on.' [Descartes, first Meditation] It was Descartes' belief that the senses were largely to blame for many of our false beliefs....
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