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Descartes

Question by Phi Help: Descartes help please needed?
In the sixth meditation, how does Descartes finally establish the metaphysical existence of bodies or extended substances?

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Answer by Yamadog
http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/meditations/section11.rhtml indicate that he does not do that.

the… Continue reading

Question by heeltap: Isn’t the statement “I think therefore I am.” by Rene Descartes fundamentally flawed ?
Isn’t the statement “I think therefore I am.” by Rene Descartes fundamentally flawed because, either a),it is incomplete as it… Continue reading

Question by pig: need a brief answer to this metaphysical claim by Descartes?
in Principles of Philosophy,
“a substance may indeed be known through any attribute at all; but each substance has one principal property which constitutes… Continue reading

Question by think.thought: What is Princess Elizabeth saying here in her correspondence with Descartes?
“And I admit it would be easier for me to concede matter and extension to the soul, than the capacity of moving a body and… Continue reading

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