+1 862 207 3288 Meditations on First Philosophy, “Meditation 5”
1. Read: Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy, “Meditation 5” (text)
Link: http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/descartes/meditations/meditations.html
2. Watch: Mediation 5 (audio)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIMTd9_3nL4
3. Read: Meditations on First Philosophy (background and analysis)
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditations_on_First_Philosophy
4. Read: Descartes’ Ontological Argument
Link: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-ontological/
5. Read: Ontological Arguments
Link: http://www.iep.utm.edu/ont-arg/
6. Read: Plato and Descartes on Knowledge and God (I have uploaded it in a PDF file)
7. Read: Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy, “Meditation 6” (text)
Link: http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/descartes/meditations/meditations.html
8. Watch: Mediation 6 (audio)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUr6qtKGVJU
9. Read: Arguments from the Mediations (I have uploaded it in a PDF file)
10. Read: Descartes on the External World (I have uploaded it in a PDF file)
Then, write assignment: (Do NOT use any sources)
Write an imaginary Plato-style dialogue between Socrates and Descartes. The subject should be the role of God in human knowledge. Assume that Socrates speaks for Plato. Hint: Plato does not give a big role to God (or the gods) while Descartes does. This piece should be about 1000 words.
Use the following format:
Socrates: Hello, Rene. How are you today? Have you heard that Google has announced the availability of a driverless car for the mass market?
Descartes: Oh, hi, Socrates. Yes, I have heard that. And it’s just in time too because my eyesight is getting so bad that I have been considering giving up my driver’s license.
Hints from my instructor:
1. Remember that this is not an essay despite the name of the assignment. It is a dialogue. The characters all speak for themselves; there is no thesis statement or other essay mechanisms. The model is Plato’s dialogues (Meno).
2. Plato (you can use Socrates to speak for Plato) does not give the gods the same role in human knowledge that Descartes does. Socrates talks about the immortal soul in Meno and about his divine sign in Apology, but he makes knowledge indendent of these things. Knowledge can be had with or without gods.
3. Descartes makes God integral to knowledge. It cannot exist without Him.
4. Explore the relationship between God and knowledge (here you should think about the terms “clear” and “distinct.”
5. You might research “Cartesian circle.”
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