Descartes

1. Meditation I and the Method of Doubt 1. Descartes's Goal 2: The Cartesian Doubt 3: Is Cartesian Doubt Self-Refuting? 2. Meditation II: The Cogito and the Self Text: Meditation II 1: Descartes's "I am thinking, therefore I exist" 2: The Certainty of One's Own Thoughts 3: A Problem for the Cogito 4: The Substance Theory 5: The Structure of the Cogito 6: Critical Discussion of the Cogito 7: 6.1 The Substance Theory and the Argument from Change 8: Cartesian Dualism 3. Meditation III: The Criterion of Truth and the Existence of God (paragraphs 1-27 and 37-39) Text: Meditation III (paragraphs 1-27 and 37-39): Descartes's Criterion of Truth 2: The Project of Meditation III 3: From the Idea of God to God 3.1 The Nature of Ideas 4.1 The Subargument Text: Meditation V: 4.1.2 Degrees of Reality 1 Descartes's Ontological Argument: 2: Critique of the Ontological Argument 2.1 The Gaunilonean Objection: Some Implications for Descartes's System Notes 6. Meditation VI: Dualism and the Material World 1. Introduction: 2: Descartes's Proof of the "Real Distinction" Between Mind and Body 3: Descartes's Proof of the Material World 4: Descartes on the Nature of the Material World 4.1 Primary and Secondary Qualities: Dualism and the Problem of Interaction 6: An Assessment of Cartesian Dualism Bibliography: Works Cited Index