How does Descartes’ ‘division of ideas’ inform his rationalist position?
▪ Explain how Descartes attempts to classify the different kinds of ideas that come into his mind
▪ Briefly (but not too briefly) explain how he does classify ideas (use your excellent charts)
▪ Explain how some ideas seem to be more 'important' than others and why that is so
▪ Explain how Descartes' conclusions about ideas make him a rationalist (explain what a rationalist is)
My introduction given free & gratis!
Having established the certainty of one idea, that he exists as a thinking thing, Descartes wonders what kind of status the other ideas in his mind might have. His exploration of a piece of wax leads him to conclude that although his senses give him a ‘clear’ idea of the wax, it is his faculty of judgement, that allows him a ‘distinct’ idea or understanding of ‘the nature of the piece of wax’.
This is homework and it is due on Monday. And that is as close to an ‘objective’ fact as I can manage! No excuses.
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