Descartes Meditation I - Of the things which may be brought into Doubt

Join George and John as they discuss and debate different Philosophical ideas. Today they begin their journey through Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy. This video will look into the first Meditation entitled – “Concerning those things that can be called into doubt.”

The two will look into Descartes search for truth and knowledge and discuss his method of universal doubt. Does Descartes have good reason to doubt the existence of everything, to totally disregard all knowledge he has attained throughout his life. If our senses have deceived us then is it possible they always deceive us? Could there in fact be an evil demon deceiving us at every possible moment? Are we perhaps just living in a dream world?
In order to reach the ultimate truth we must first doubt the truth of everything.

Watch as George and John debate one of the most important Philosophical works of all time.

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The script to this video is part of the Philosophy Vibe "Descartes Meditations" eBook, available on Amazon:

[adrianre]

Weird thought. If people wake up when they die in their dreams. What if you die, and with the exact moment you die in this world, you randomly just wake up somewhere else and wonder if you had a nightmare just now.

[kasandra]

You guys make the concepts so clear and easy to understand. Thank you so much!

[ConejoNegro]

"We hope you've enjoyed the vibe"... the best line in the video haha

[jalessahunt]

Decartes seemed...disturbed. I hope his mind was put at ease. I can't imagine living that way, thinking everything is a lie.

[Lex-zqmb]

So I remember his thing on solipsism that nothing can be certain outside the self, but if he believes in a god with a “benevolent” will, he is acknowledging a sentience outside himself. I also remember in a last video you explained a similar logic could only stay if he was god himself, which also makes no sense if he has numerous consciences and does not know his own will. I think his argument breaks here, but I do think it’s a great contribution he acknowledged the self is probably the truest fact of all.

[zasddsaf]

thank you for the lucid explanation! very effective conversational structure and eye catching animations :)

[danielthompson]

Now that I finally understand what he saying I have to take it as false because he could be deceiving me

[morgansinclair]

"Woah, that's scary" lmao

Great explanation in the form of a Socratic dialogue - thanks for the excellent clarification of this important idea from Descartes!

[kenchalant]

Thank you for educating me so well on this. I can finally understand.

[howtosaveabillion]

Knowledge comes from patterns, repetition, consistency, memories, experience, and awareness.

[lindanelson]

Thank you this really helped me to understand better.

[ravioli]

Im still looking for whether he completely defeats the dream argument

[pisquilah]

thanks very much for this explanation! you came up with a very efficient teaching model; it is thorough and complex but retains the casual vibe needed for our concentration to be sustained!



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[tlightfury]

Wow so clear! Thanks so much! Please keep it up!

[EsatBargan]

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[alittax]

Thank you for another excellent video!

[zasddsaf]

i do agree that knowledge comes from the senses... however true that knowledge is is another matter, since we might be dealing with semantics here... if knowledge itself is not discovered but created then true knowledge can be derived from the senses... on the contrary, if knowledge is something external to us humans... then, i shall wait for the next videos on Descartes :)

[italktoomuch]

Going off at a tangent, why must god be benevolent? I can - kinda - understand why someone must come to the conclusion that there must be some supreme creator, but why the hell should they care about our welfare?! Why not a sadistic god, or a bored and disinterested god? This always stuck out at me when hearing about people like Thomas Aquinas.

[thenightwatchman]

the end result of descartes is gnosticism. im right again. woohoo.