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Episode #029 ... Descartes pt. 2 - See episode description

Philosophize This!

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Descart's Principles of Reason

Descart thought that in order for us to arrive at certain knowledge that was trustworthy enough to base our future knowledge on, we needed to start over. The way he did this is through a rigorous method of doubt, one only comparable to pyro in ancient greece. He said, i must, once and for all, seriously undertake to rid myself of all the opinions which i had previously accepted, and commence to build anew from the foundation if i wanted to establish anything firm and lasting in the sciences.

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