Part one of term paper
Descartes in his first meditation uses the first meditation uses the evil genius argument; no doubt to bring us to question whether good is really good and not an evil genius. This argument seems to me to be very effective at stirring questions, which can never really be confirmed. Even if God were to appear out of the blue sky, in light of D ...

Part two of term paper
... not succumb to these deceptions by such an evil genius. It is not within his own power to know that the evil is a falsehood. He then acknowledges that this plan is irksome. Descartes states that he is like a prisoner, one that is afraid to realize that he is dreaming this life. Descartes' argument should bring us to raise questions of our own about what we believe to be truths. In the light of his arguments it is hard to firmly root any of our preconceived knowledge. He shows us all of the difficult ...