1. What philosophical method does Descartes use in the Meditations?
2. What is Descartes' philosophical project in the Meditations?
3. Explain how Descartes method relates to his project?
4. How does Descartes define justification for a belief? How does he
define certainty?
5. What does Descartes conclude about beliefs based on our senses in
Meditation 1?
6. How does the Dream Argument establish the dubitability of our
senses? Do you think he is right? Why/why not?
7. How does the Evil Demon argument establish the dubitability of all
of our beliefs and why does Descartes think it is more powerful than the Dream Argument?
8. In meditation 2, which statement does Descartes find which cannot
be doubted?
9. Why can't this statement be doubted? Why is it truly indubitable?
10. How does Descartes define the "I"? Why is his body no part of
himself?
11. What are the two types of substances that Descartes divides the
universe into?
12. Explain the Divisibility and Conceptual Distinction arguments for
Dualism.
13. What is the difference between Dualism and Monism?
14. What is the difference between Property Dualism and Substance
Dualism?
15. Explain the problem of Interactionism and how the problem falls out of his argument for dualism.