H Descartes Med 1/2 criticisms

"The Malicious Demon

should lead to doubt in

reason."

What does this criticism TARGET?

• Use of reason to

  arrive at the cogito.

• The use of scepticism

• The method of doubt

• The deceiving God argument

"The malicious Demon

could manipulate

language.."

What does this criticism TARGET?

• Use of language

• The use of logic

• The use of scepticism

• The use of the malicious demon

"There is no self"

is a criticism that TARGETS what?

• Descartes use of 'I'

• The deceiving god argument

• Logic and language use

• Descartes foundational claim

Who criticised the cogito saying it doesn’t show my

essence to be 'thinking'.

• Hume

• Gassendi

• Mersenne

• Lichtenburg

Who criticised the cogito saying the 'I' is arguably just a bundle of perceptions

• Hume

• Gassendi

• Mersenne

• Lichtenburg

'This means that we have to question whether ‘knowing = undoubtable’.'

What is this criticism targetting?

• The method of doubt

• The Mistrust of the senses

• The Dream Hypothesis

• The Deceiving God argument

• The cogito

'Maybe Descartes doesn't go far enough in his rigorous scepticism'

What criticism is this targetting?

• The method of doubt

• The Mistrust of the senses

• The Dream Hypothesis

• The Deceiving God argument

• The cogito

"In order to identify optical illusions, this requires our senses to detect that inaccuracy, so its through our senses, we gain the knowledge we should to doubt our senses. Arguably this is counterintuitive."

What criticism is this targetting?

• The method of doubt

• The Mistrust of the senses

• The Dream Hypothesis

• The Deceiving God argument

• The cogito

" Descartes leaps from arguing that sometimes the senses deceive us to rejecting all sensory knowledge and that his category rejection of sensory data is too extreme "

What criticism is this targetting?

• The method of doubt

• The Mistrust of the senses

• The Dream Hypothesis

• The Deceiving God argument

• The cogito

"Just because some forgeries occur in Art does not mean all pieces of art are forgeries.'

This is a reply to a criticism of which feature of the meditations?

• The method of doubt

• The Mistrust of the senses

• The Dream Hypothesis

• The Deceiving God argument

• The cogito