Philosophy A-Level
Assessment of Descartes' response to scepticism
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Questioning the move from the cogito to God or the reliance on clear and distinct ideas, and whether the response actually defeats scepticism.
Topics that use Assessment of Descartes' response to scepticism
- The limits of knowledge (AQA A-Level)
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- Empiricism
- Methodological doubt
- Normal incredulity
- Philosophical scepticism
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- Reliable process
- Scope of doubt
- Sense-data and inference
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