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l33tminion) wrote2005-01-28 09:15 pm
l33tminion) wrote2005-01-28 09:15 pm
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This semester looks like it will be interesting, even though my math and physics classes are taking a far more conventional approach than last semester.
Also, "What is I?" is great. Today, one of the things I've been reading for that class is excerpts from Descartes's philosophy (the condensed version, which includes Hobbes's replies and Descartes's rebuttals).
Although I feel that Descartes's observation, "cogito ergo sum", is brilliant in its fundamental irrefutability, Descartes fails to accomplish his objective of proving external reality ex nihilo. Even Descartes has some higher-level axioms which he is apparently not aware of. Furthermore, these axioms cause him to underestimate the human capability for abstract thought in general.
Descartes makes the early argument that God must exist because the idea of perfection is non-internal, and therefore the idea must come from external sources. His fallacy is in presuming that the only external source of the idea of perfection can only be something perfect.
Also, "What is I?" is great. Today, one of the things I've been reading for that class is excerpts from Descartes's philosophy (the condensed version, which includes Hobbes's replies and Descartes's rebuttals).
Although I feel that Descartes's observation, "cogito ergo sum", is brilliant in its fundamental irrefutability, Descartes fails to accomplish his objective of proving external reality ex nihilo. Even Descartes has some higher-level axioms which he is apparently not aware of. Furthermore, these axioms cause him to underestimate the human capability for abstract thought in general.
Descartes makes the early argument that God must exist because the idea of perfection is non-internal, and therefore the idea must come from external sources. His fallacy is in presuming that the only external source of the idea of perfection can only be something perfect.
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