Can anyone help me out with meditations 1-5?? I have a Philosophy final tomorrow afternoon and am having a little trouble figuring out his meditations, namely 3 and above. Here is what I am under the impression of, let me know if it needs changing, or please add on.

Meditation I deals with Descartes' Deductive Reasoning, saying whatever we cannot prove absolutely must be false. He uses Deductive Reasoning to obtain Absolute Certainty.
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Descartes applies his Deductive Reasoning to three scenarios. "Could our senses be deceiving us", we are deceived by our sense all the time (pencil in water looks bent), however for the most part, our senses are reliable.

Meditation II - Descartes comes to his famous "I think therefore I am" claim in which he discovers that the mind and body are two seperate substances, the thinking mind (thinking substance), and the body, since the body cannot think (Material Substance). Descartes is attempting to prove his existence in Meditation II

Can anyone ellaborate on 1 and 2, and 3 and beyond? Thanks.
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Ghengis Chron Reviewed by Ghengis Chron on . Need Help! Rene Descartes' Meditations!!! Can anyone help me out with meditations 1-5?? I have a Philosophy final tomorrow afternoon and am having a little trouble figuring out his meditations, namely 3 and above. Here is what I am under the impression of, let me know if it needs changing, or please add on. Meditation I deals with Descartes' Deductive Reasoning, saying whatever we cannot prove absolutely must be false. He uses Deductive Reasoning to obtain Absolute Certainty. - Descartes applies his Deductive Reasoning to three Rating: 5