Objective
- Analyze Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy
Agenda
- Warm-Up #8: Describe one reason why you think that Descartes - whether his logic is sound or not - is worthy of some study.
- Test Format
- MC / Matching / TF
- One long essay. Choose from two topics:
- Allegory of the Cave & The Matrix
- Compare the two ideas, describe purpose of these stories. Take a position on the question: "Is it always better to know the truth? Why or why not?"
- No notes. Access to text of the allegory.
- Descartes Meditations
- Summarize Descartes main arguments, first his questioning, then his case for his own existence then the existence of God.
- You may use your Meditations text, complete with highlights and margin notes.
- Discussion
- Meditation III
- Student questions
- Descartes Proof of God's existence
- Evaluate the main argument
- Why is God not a deceiver, according to Descartes?
- The Matrix
- Cipher's Problem: Would you want to be plugged back in?
- Does it matter if it's real or not?
- Is pleasure the ultimate goal?
- Neo: "All my memories never happened."
- Is that true?
- What makes a memory real?
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