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René Descartes

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Descartes uses deliberate doubt to seek a secure starting point. The certainty that he is thinking now is one thing; his further arguments about mind, body and God are another.

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  • Guided course · Module 9 · Lesson 48

    How far can doubt take us?

    Descartes moves from deliberate doubt to the certainty that he is thinking, a starting point the lesson keeps apart from his further claims about mind and body.