Philosophy
What do you think of the argument that Descartes makes regarding the “evil genius”?
Please read the attached file (lecture notes) and answer the following questions.
Questions:
What do you think of the argument that Descartes makes regarding the “evil genius”? Is it possible to know with certainty that we are not being deceived in all of our perceptions of the outside world? Is the fact that we are thinking beings really the only thing that we can know with absolute certainty?