What Is Descartes's Existence

The weak skepticism claims that the belief about external world requires a justification that is impossible to provide. Moreover, these requirements are so high that the current level of knowledge and cognitive human resources can not be expected that the truth would be found in the near future. Therefore it raises a problem that we cannot meet this standard of justification. Descartes worried that feeling cheated, habits changing, authorities and scientists contradict each other. He attempted to construct knowledge on the solid base. He believed that only in mathematics and logic, only the establishment of clear and distinct ideas and elimination of consequences of their authenticity can be achieved, to which he aspired. In this paper, I will …show more content…
He imagined that some evil genius leads him astray and that there is nothing that he can be considered valid: neither his own existence nor the existence of the external world or the existence of God. Descartes believed that, since feelings deceive us, we must assume that there is no a single thing, that would be the way it seems to us. He asked whether there is a difference between dreams and our perception of reality in the waking state. He skillfully argued that his state of doubt is the only thing he can not doubt, not falling into contradiction. Since the doubt is a form of thinking, he exists as a thinking being. Descartes also tried to prove the existence of God. He sought to establish the reality of the existence of God with the help of the ontological and cosmological arguments. There must be such a reality, which is the cause of itself, Descartes argued. He believed that the idea of a perfect being, can not be installed by him (as he is a finite imperfect being), but only by the perfect …show more content…
It is untenable from the point of view that no one has proved its validity, that is, it is unknown whether it is true. In the end, our practical and scientific knowledge as well as or even more secure than the principle of Descartes. After all, the recognition of the truth of this knowledge has enabled us to trust our feelings, by reading the works of Descartes. Thus, we have good reason to doubt the claim that knowledge requires certainty.
Assuming the dualism of mind and body, Descartes turns prisoners into his consciousness, he can not prove the existence of the external world. With his method, he can not even establish that he has a body. Descartes believes that proved the existence of God at first, who has never deceived us, he can then infer the existence of the physical body, including his own. The logic of Descartes seems convincing. However, is it possible to prove the existence of anything in the physical world only through intuition and deduction? Is the perception should not have empirical content? The rationalistic verification by itself is not sufficient. Rationalism can establish a deductive connection between our ideas, but not the way our ideas and pure concepts relate to external reality. Thus, neither the intentional Descartes skepticism, nor his theory of evidence is not