Descartes " radical reconstruction of knowledge"

Descartes was undertaken to reveal uncertainties and establish self-evident truths that could never be doubted. before arguing for the existence of God, Descartes asserted that the only thing one can know for certain is that one exist as a thinking thing; he said "I think, therefore I am"

Is there anything you can know for certain? Is there any possibility that your belief is false or any circumstances in which you could be proven wrong? Reality exists, but by Descartes' criteria, what justifiation do you have for believing in it?

There is one thing that cannot be doubted and it's itself. It is rationalized to where knowledge starts from the mind to the body and the body is influence to the mind. We know for certain that the ideas are things that cannot be touch but if you put work into it you can achieve them. For example, I want to make a party therefore I developed an idea. I need to call my friends, buy the food, and set up the tables. So first I thought of plan and then I did a concrete action. We refer these things as things already seen. In that case, I can do them and think of it, so I exist. These are things that will allow us to make action of. Another, illustration is we know that we are conscious of what we are Theories are good for us, but you cannot apply all the theories in your life or take it as scientific evidence. For instance, Rene Descartes was a mathematician, his theories can apply to counting, but this does not apply to human beings because we are not numbers. His theories can help the development of human because our life is based on math. Basing your life of the theories of Rene Descartes can't be the only thing we have to keep as an only theory. We go out and find more theories.

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What Is Philosphy?

A. Philosophy comes from the Greek word meaning love and wisdom, or love and pursuit of wisdom to learn about ourselves and the world to become better thinkers/morals
-What does it mean to wise?
Gaining self-knowledge, good and bad experiences

B. Philosophy is the search for self-understanding
- Is Identity an illusion or stable?
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C. Philosophy is the search for fundamental belief that can be rationally justified.
> We ought to chose the guidance in order to justify what you have to know to find out what beliefs are and give good reasons if possible.

1. Asking questions about our most basic concepts.

Branches of Philosophy

1. Logic- The study of how to think critically without contradicting one self. Example: True statements
2. Epistemology- The study of knowledge different proposal of how we learn. Example: How do we know its true?
3 .Metaphysics- Study of nature of reality. Example: What is nature of human being?
4. Religion- Arguments of different roles of religion or God or premises. Finding evidence of claims(rational) Example: Gods existence; Gods nature.
5. Social and Political- What is the best form democracy, government, or war theory? 
6. Ethics- Morals and immoral. Example: Self conduct.
7. Aesthetics- Study of laws. 

Philosphy

Socrates said that "the unexamined life is not worth living" and when given a choice between life without philosphy or death, Socrates chose death. Socrates espoused the view that self-knowledge is one of the noblest goods of which we are capaple, and thought that ignorance as to why one believes what one believes can be dangerous.  Do you agree? Do you think there is a such thing as a dangerous idea? Do you agree with Socrates about the value of self-knowledge? Why or why not? 

  In some perspectives believing certain beliefs can be dangerous. For example, not everyone is going to agrees with someone but because of laws are enforced to protect the people, we have the liberty to believe and say what we want and not be corrupting the rest of the people. In Socrates case, it was unfortunate that his life was taken away for believing in what he believed. During Socrates era, he was considered to be corrupting the young children's about his theories of true knowledge. For instance, let say I was to rob a bank, that is a bad idea because this based on ethical and unethical morals. Some things are naturally wrong, while other can find a reasonable excuse. Furthermore, Socrates engaged that self-knowledge was a good way to live life instead of living in ignorance but also I believe that some people are afraid to know what true because as human being we are afraid to know more than we already know. We live a live in a straight line, so to speak. We live what we are told and don't question it. I am an example. I believe in the self-knowledge because everyone has their own thoughts and theories. For example, if my mother told me to go to school, but instead I decided to go elsewhere, I left not because that is what I was told to go but because elsewhere is what I thought I would find better things. 

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