The Philosophy of Descartes Podcast
1) The Relation of Mind and Body
Descartes' dualism of mind and body is a lasting legacy. Nowadays many people still believe the body is less well-known than the mind and that there is a mystery about how the mental and the physical...Show More
2) The Relation of Mind and Body (handout)
Descartes' dualism of mind and body is a lasting legacy. Nowadays many people still believe the body is less well-known than the mind and that there is a mystery about how the mental and the physical...Show More
3) Last-minute Creation
It might seem that Descartes' appeal to God in Meditation 4 as a guarantee that for the most part our memories can be trusted is not well-founded. By looking at the question of last-minute creation, ...Show More
4) Last-minute Creation (handout)
It might seem that Descartes' appeal to God in Meditation 4 as a guarantee that for the most part our memories can be trusted is not well-founded. By looking at the question of last-minute creation, ...Show More
5) A Secure Foundation for Knowledge?
By the end of the Meditation 2, Descartes is caught in a dilemma. On the one hand, everything can be doubted and so there is no prospect for secure and certain knowledge of the world. On the other h...Show More
6) A Secure Foundation for Knowledge? (handout)
By the end of the Meditation 2, Descartes is caught in a dilemma. On the one hand, everything can be doubted and so there is no prospect for secure and certain knowledge of the world. On the other h...Show More
7) The Wax Argument
One of Descartes' most striking arguments is the found in the treatment of a an example where he watches a piece of wax melt as he brings it close to a fire. By reflecting on how the same wax undergo...Show More
8) The Wax Argument (handout)
One of Descartes' most striking arguments is the found in the treatment of a an example where he watches a piece of wax melt as he brings it close to a fire. By reflecting on how the same wax undergo...Show More
9) Cogito Ergo Sum
The foundation of all science and other knowledge is found, according to Descartes, in the indubitable belief that I exist (the cogito claim). As soon as I have the thought, "I am thinking, so I exis...Show More
10) Cogito Ergo Sum (handout)
The foundation of all science and other knowledge is found, according to Descartes, in the indubitable belief that I exist (the cogito claim). As soon as I have the thought, "I am thinking, so I exis...Show More