Descartes - Building Blocks of Knowledge

Descartes lived in a magazine period where some truths were later discovered to be false, wherefore he began to deeply theorise and worry about the things that are true. He dives into the foundation of skepticism which is a theory stating that nought can be cognize because nonhing is certain. His main death is to find stable, concrete foundations in order to prove that fellowship is possible in the expanse of science. He wants to solidify invariablyy truths so that they will non collapse as the historic period go by. Through his eyes, creation are able to quail at a hold of familiarity by scrutinizing and evaluating their own beliefs. He concludes that indubitable, foundational beliefs is what human admitledge essentially entails. In Descartes First Meditation, he starts from the basics by claiming that if he doubts everything hes ever deald in, this is the only way he can positively know that he isnt being fooled into falsehood. The Method of Doubt is not formu lated to show that familiarity is n acexistent, but to avoid believe in uncertain bases. Thus, if nonpareil is able to doubt a belief, it is not con placered human association because it can be deemed as false.\nBecause Descartes is classified as a rationalist, he did not believe that human senses are the seminal fluid of noesis nor can populace trust the information give through their senses. Because scientific knowledge is not based on human senses due to their unreliability, what one perceives in the physical, external world may not unconstipated truly exist. For example, if we saw a banana on the side of a rode, we can ordain that it is a banana because were standing only a mere 1 understructure away from it. If we were to stand a thousand feet away, we could not be able tell if it is a banana or not anymore because our sensory trance is at a further different viewpoint. Thus, we cannot completely and full trust our senses for they lead to falsehood.\nThis idea of d istrusting our senses branches off into the dream careen that Descartes prese...