Posted: August 12th, 2016

t the beginning of the First Meditation, Descartes announces that he seeks “to set aside all the opinions which I had previously accepted” (p. 177). Why does Descartes wish to do this?

• This week, we will discuss and assess our excerpts from Descartes’s First Meditation. Specifically, address in as much detail and clarity as possible the following questions: •Hyperbolic doubt: At the beginning of the First Meditation, Descartes announces that he seeks “to set aside all the opinions which I had previously accepted” (p. 177). Why does Descartes wish to do this? Do you consider his reasons for doing this reasonable? Why or why not?