Descartes Meditation I - Of the things which may be brought into Doubt

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Join George and John as they discuss and debate different Philosophical ideas. Today they begin their journey through Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy. This video will look into the first Meditation entitled - “Concerning those things that can be called into doubt.”
The two will look into Descartes search for truth and knowledge and discuss his method of universal doubt. Does Descartes have good reason to doubt the existence of everything, to totally disregard all knowledge he has attained throughout his life. If our senses have deceived us then is it possible they always deceive us? Could there in fact be an evil demon deceiving us at every possible moment? Are we perhaps just living in a dream world?
In order to reach the ultimate truth we must first doubt the truth of everything.
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@PhilosophyVibe 3 жыл бұрын

The script to this video is part of the Philosophy Vibe "Descartes Meditations" eBook, available on Amazon: US: www.amazon.com/dp/B088QPYR54 UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B088QPYR54 Canada: www.amazon.ca/dp/B088QPYR54 India: www.amazon.in/dp/B088QPYR54 Australia: www.amazon.com.au/dp/B088QPYR54 Germany: www.amazon.de/dp/B088QPYR54

@marquitoa8896 4 жыл бұрын

"We hope you've enjoyed the vibe"... the best line in the video haha

@adrianre9149 4 жыл бұрын

Weird thought. If people wake up when they die in their dreams. What if you die, and with the exact moment you die in this world, you randomly just wake up somewhere else and wonder if you had a nightmare just now.

@kasandra7520 Жыл бұрын

You guys make the concepts so clear and easy to understand. Thank you so much!

@PhilosophyVibe Жыл бұрын

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@morgansinclair4843 3 жыл бұрын

"Woah, that's scary" lmao Great explanation in the form of a Socratic dialogue - thanks for the excellent clarification of this important idea from Descartes!

@PhilosophyVibe 3 жыл бұрын

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@howtosaveabillion9362 6 жыл бұрын

Knowledge comes from patterns, repetition, consistency, memories, experience, and awareness.

@juansepulveda3160 2 жыл бұрын

but what if the universe was created yesterday alongside you with all these memories embedded into your brain?

@danielthompson8015 3 жыл бұрын

Now that I finally understand what he saying I have to take it as false because he could be deceiving me

@kenchalant 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for educating me so well on this. I can finally understand.

@PhilosophyVibe 4 жыл бұрын

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@danielthompson8015 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah this video finally made it all click

@tlightfury77 5 жыл бұрын

Wow so clear! Thanks so much! Please keep it up!

@zasddsaf 6 жыл бұрын

thank you for the lucid explanation! very effective conversational structure and eye catching animations :)

@PhilosophyVibe 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@jalessahunt9231 4 жыл бұрын

Decartes seemed...disturbed. I hope his mind was put at ease. I can't imagine living that way, thinking everything is a lie.

@osmandeen92 4 жыл бұрын

As far as I know he didn't actually believe in such solipsistic scepticism. Rather, he wanted to counter the skeptics by taking their doubts to the extreme and then building to certain truths to destroy them.

@priyamawasthi6254 7 ай бұрын

I started studying philosophy because I wanted to understand certain things. And I found that more than giving answers, they are actually confusing me more. So I totally relate with what you are saying. Even my parents warned me that studying philosophy can have some undesirable consequences if the approach wasn't right. But after I read what Buddha said about philosophical thinking, my mind was put at ease. Now, I study all of them and I enjoy them and they no longer confuse me. Rather they help me become a better person, no matter where they are coming from. The idea of Buddha was that don't take philosophy very seriously. And same approach is in Upnishads too. Even today, many good spiritual gurus teach that stuff. The idea is... Don't take it too seriously. If discovery of absolute truth is what you seek, then don't tend to seek closure or an ultimate philosophy. It is a lifelong quest. Each philosophical argument is somewhat a description of that truth. Every philosopher tries to approach it but even if someone ever reached it, you would not reach it merely by reading their experiences. So you must have your own way, seeking guidance from those who tried to reach there before you.

@nemzino 3 жыл бұрын

This makes so much sense, thank you

@PhilosophyVibe 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for watching.

@Lex-zq3mb 2 жыл бұрын

So I remember his thing on solipsism that nothing can be certain outside the self, but if he believes in a god with a “benevolent” will, he is acknowledging a sentience outside himself. I also remember in a last video you explained a similar logic could only stay if he was god himself, which also makes no sense if he has numerous consciences and does not know his own will. I think his argument breaks here, but I do think it’s a great contribution he acknowledged the self is probably the truest fact of all.

@lindanelson4963 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you this really helped me to understand better.

@PhilosophyVibe 4 жыл бұрын

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@PropTrader24 Жыл бұрын

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@Quarkbrief Жыл бұрын

most videos i watch are very complicated on learning, this is the only channel i can understand!!

@PhilosophyVibe Жыл бұрын

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@RP-db3yn 11 ай бұрын

thanks for this

@alittax 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for another excellent video!

@PhilosophyVibe 3 ай бұрын

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@zasddsaf 6 жыл бұрын

i do agree that knowledge comes from the senses... however true that knowledge is is another matter, since we might be dealing with semantics here... if knowledge itself is not discovered but created then true knowledge can be derived from the senses... on the contrary, if knowledge is something external to us humans... then, i shall wait for the next videos on Descartes :)

@gavintoohey6604 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for clarifying mates :3

@PhilosophyVibe 2 жыл бұрын

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@pisquilah 5 жыл бұрын

thanks very much for this explanation! you came up with a very efficient teaching model; it is thorough and complex but retains the casual vibe needed for our concentration to be sustained! liked, shared and subscribed! :)

@PhilosophyVibe 5 жыл бұрын

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@ravioli123456 4 жыл бұрын

Im still looking for whether he completely defeats the dream argument

@LaynaCaldwell 3 жыл бұрын

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@bhaskarsharma7815 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for making me anxious for life.😏

@nate5830 Жыл бұрын

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@jonny6287 4 жыл бұрын

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@PhilosophyVibe 4 жыл бұрын

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@juanrosas3483 Жыл бұрын

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@ishmamtasdik 9 ай бұрын

I want whatever Descartes is smoking.

@miguelromero2250 2 жыл бұрын

i feel like the guy on the left...

@italktoomuch6442 6 жыл бұрын

Going off at a tangent, why must god be benevolent? I can - kinda - understand why someone must come to the conclusion that there must be some supreme creator, but why the hell should they care about our welfare?! Why not a sadistic god, or a bored and disinterested god? This always stuck out at me when hearing about people like Thomas Aquinas.

@xxx10353 5 жыл бұрын

If God is not benevolent you will either live in hell or do not exist at all and it can only be one of those three. (Do not try to put human in the position of God and think of an all-powerful being with no human faults)

@gomez3357 2 жыл бұрын

An all evil God cannot exist because an all evil God would be maximally selfish and not willing to share existence with anybody, but we can at least prove we exist, some people have said that he would need to create other beings to maximize evil and suffering, but then this God would be dependent on other beings to be maximally evil making him not all powerful

@italktoomuch6442 2 жыл бұрын

@@gomez3357 That's a hell of a lot of assumptions you're making there.

@gomez3357 2 жыл бұрын

@@italktoomuch6442 no it’s not because if is God is all evil the rest must logically follow

@gomez3357 2 жыл бұрын

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@lindseyshupee 4 жыл бұрын

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@GarvMania 3 жыл бұрын

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@ramirez3160 5 жыл бұрын

Man the animations completely distracted me from the content... good job on the information but I think it would of turned out so much better in person.

@sam3d 5 жыл бұрын

why do you call this a meditation?

@PhilosophyVibe 5 жыл бұрын

We do not call it a meditation this is how Descartes referred to it. A common definition of a meditation is “the act of thinking about something very carefully and deeply for a long time.” This is exactly what Descartes has done. He has thought long and hard about every aspect of his reality.