October 1, 2015 Descartes’s dreaming argument In this essay, I will explain the Descartes’s dreaming argument which stated in his first meditation. Then, I will object the dreaming argument by attacking it first premise in order to show that dreaming argument is not a valid argument. In the end, I will reply to my objection and states the weakness in my objection. In Descartes’s first meditation, he raised an argument about whether or not he can tell he is dreaming when he is dreaming. “How often,
Descartes. Both philosophers have contributed many great ideas into the field of philosophy. The most memorable argument that is still occurring today between other people who majored in philosophy would be the argument of dreams. Rene Descartes argues that dreams are sometimes extremely believable. Which results in his belief that we could
NTRO In Rene Descartes’s Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes presents his detailed philosophical system. Through his discourse, Descartes uses six meditations to dispose of all theories and beliefs that are not absolutely certain, and then aims to form what can be known for sure. One specific argument that Descartes writes on this subject is his dream argument. In Descartes’ dream argument seen in his first meditation, Descartes argues that a person can never be sure