This focuses on the interpretations of Descartes’ deep thinking over the past twenty five years. It highlights his theories of nature, body and God from a standing of far-reaching uncertainty. It shows us how he “demolished” his
Descartes being the open minded thinker, he had a firm foundation of science which to him had an impact and every cause of reason had to be proven scientifically. He begins by rejecting all his beliefs that even pause with a possibility of doubt and considers that after ridding himself of doubts, whatever will remain after this distinction will be will be the solemn truth. To this profound theory, he goes through all his personal beliefs in confidence that they all lead to one core belief. He narrates, that if there is any reason to put into question this core belief,then, equally all the others are questionable. He ends his first mediation by chiming that all his personal beliefs are based on his five senses, which are used to measure the level of truth. He questions his senses that they might be an illusion produced by a powerful entity. This thought gives him a reason to doubt his core beliefs. Leading him to come to a conclusion that all his knowledge about the world is in question and none can contribute to the building blocks of science.
Mediation 2
In his second school of thought, he clears his mind of his past doubts and approaches the subject again with a different perspective. He continues by further doubting his conclusion about his beliefs on the world and is uncertain whether his opinion is the truth. He expounds his theory further by accepting that he is experiencing the illusion and he agrees its taking place which leads him to believe that he exists. The only evidence that he gets is that he is thinking and through that thinking he is experiencing meaning that he exists, meaning his mind exists. But he doubts that the world, including his body exists concluding he is a mind with no body. He conducts an experiment using wax and the results show that the senses themselves do not know anything but the mind is certain as it can identify physical objects. He notes that the mind is more recognizable than anything we perceive through our senses.
