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  • Essay / Analysis of Descartes' Evil Demon Conjecture - 703

    p. 86, questions 2, 4, 5, 72. In Descartes Evil Demon Conjecture, he questions and doubts certain propositions until it is impossible for him to doubt them any further, thereby extracting the absolute truth. For Descartes, any proposition that passed his evil demon conjecture as well as his dream conjecture would be certain. These two conjectures, although extremely strange, if tested, could reveal the truth. For example, let's say the wall in the philosophy classroom is white, but couldn't it be that an evil demon has already made it so that I "see" the white wall? What if the wall is not white? What if the evil demon had set everything up like this to deceive me? All these doubts will end up ruling out what is not true and excluding what is. Considering the strangeness of The Evil Demon Conjecture, it is very useful because it can help unravel the truth and eliminate what is false, even in the strangest cases.4. I don't believe that Hobbe's idea that everything is reduced to matter in motion comes down to perception. He explained that the moving world around us had an impact on us. It's the way we perceive things; if something we perceive is misperceived, there is an error in all our mental states. p. 115, question 44. Whether or not the future resembles the past depends on the decisions of the individual and it also depends on external forces and events. I cannot know if the future will be like the past, nor can I assume that it will be because it is neither certain nor absolute. Since I am always in the present, I cannot know what will happen in the future. Human beings tend to make similar mistakes as in the past, but this can vary from individual to individual. Not everyone has to make the same choice as in the past. 153, questions 1, 2, 31. “Philosophical analysis resolves complex propositions or concepts into simpler propositions. This simplifies a proposal and makes it more understandable. Consider this example and see how it was