One of René Descartes' most famous arguments, not only from his first meditation but from all his meditations, is his dream argument. Descartes believes that there is no way to distinguish the waking state from the dreaming state. In fact, you might actually be in a dream right now. René Descartes' theory that one is unable to distinguish waking from dreaming, as interesting as it is, can sometimes be a bit far-fetched, with some contradictions with itself, Descartes' dream argument does not entitles him to any sort of affirmation. Descartes wrote Meditations on First Philosophy was first published in 1641 in Latin. There are six meditations in total that Descartes had written. One thing that stood out was that Descartes wrote the Mediation in the first person, which is an interesting departure from other writers. Reading the dream argument makes a person think about the dreams they have at night. James Hill calls Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy an “unconventional philosophical text” (Hill, 1). No other philosopher has looked at the theme of dreams and formulated an interesting and impactful theory. Descartes' argument is quite interesting. Descartes strives to make sense of something that is completely supernatural and that even scientists today struggle to give a 100% true explanation for. At the basis of what Descartes is trying to propose, it seems logical and simple. At the beginning of the very first meditation, Descartes states that he has lost confidence in his senses because they can be easily deceived (Descartes, 18). When dreaming, it sometimes seems very real, just like in the middle of a paper...... dream argument. When the author of the argument does not agree 100 percent, it is very difficult to support it yourself. Even with the wild ideas, contradictions and inconsistencies of René Descartes' dream argument, it is still a very interesting perspective on the subject that has never been seen from Descartes' point of view by anyone before . However, due to all these negative attributes attached to Descartes' dream argument, it fails to create any sort of claim. Works Cited Descartes, René. Discourse on the method and meditations on first philosophy. Trans. Donald A. Cress. 4th ed. Np: Hackett, 1998. Print. Hill, James. “The Descartes Dream Argument and Why We Might Be Skeptical of It.” The Richmond Journal of Philosophy 8 (2004): n. page. Print. Simpson, Peter. “The Dream Argument and Descartes’ First Meditation.” Auslegung 9 (1982): 300-10. Print.