Lexicon of Arguments

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Stroud I 4
Descartes/Skepticism/Knowledge/Stroud: Descartes wants to establish principles, a general method for the investigation of our knowledge. >Principles, >Knowledge.
1) Meditation: in the end, Descartes finds that there is no reason to believe anything about the world around him.
Stroud I 16
Senses/Knowledge/Descartes: E.g. if he knows that he is sitting at the fireplace, he thinks that he knows it due to his senses. >Perception, >Sensory impressions.
But he also knows that it is compatible with the fact that he is only dreaming.
VsDescartes: If we allow a dreaming person to know something (e.g. mathematics, mathematical truths), does this not show that Descartes is wrong with his skepticism?
VsVs: This is not shown with that.
Stroud I 37
Descartes/Stroud: From the beginning, his skepticism was directed against everyday knowledge. >Certainty.

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