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: I had to answer 20 questions with TRUE or FALSE : I'm really not sure about my answers, but I tried my best. : What do you think? Are these answers correct? : If not please tell me! thomas@melk.com : > 1. Descartes claims that logical, geometrical and mathematical truths are : > absolutely certain. : FALSE : > 2. Descartes believes that it is impossible to doubt the existence of : > anything whatsoever. : FALSE : > 3. Descartes' device of the "evil genius" serves to cast doubt upon even the : > most evident and apparently certain of our beliefs. : TRUE : > 4. For Descartes, human existence is, in fact, a dream from which we may : > never awaken. : FASLE : > 5. From the "dream argument," Descartes infers that one can never be : > deceived regarding the real existence of the physical objects which one : > perceives. : FALSE : > 6. In Descartes' view, my thinking guarantees my existence. : TRUE : > 7. In applying the method of systematic doubt, Descartes seeks a body of : > truths which cannot even be imagined to be false. : TRUE : > 8. The result of Descartes' method of systematic doubt is his discovery that : > the fact that I exist implies that I am doubting. : TRUE : > 9. The method of systematic doubt is motivated by Descartes desire to : > establish his philosophy upon a foundation which is impervious to doubt. : TRUE : > 10. Descartes believes that all of our knowledge is derived from the : > experience of the senses. : TRUE : > 11. One of the functions of Descartes' "evil genius" argument is to cast : > doubt upon the even the most evident and apparently certain of our beliefs. : TRUE : : > 12. For Descartes, the essence of the mind (what it genuinely is) is the : > activity of thinking. : TRUE : : > 13. Descartes believes that the body is a substance, but the mind is not. : TRUE : > 14. For Descartes, mind and body must be regarded as identical. : FALSE : : > 15. For Descartes, it is possible to think without knowing that one is : > thinking. : TRUE : > 16. Descartes' argument for the existence of God based upon the presence of : > the idea of God in us umes that something in our experience is perfect. : FALSE : : > 17. For Descartes, existence is as much an element of the concept of God as : > three-sidedness is of the triangle. : TRUE : : > 18. Descartes believes that the human will is finite, but the intellect is : > infinite. : TRUE : : > 19. For Descartes, God is a not deceiver. : TRUE : > 20. In Descartes' view, clarity and distinctness are never an indication of : > the truth of an idea. : FALSE

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