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MSN >x Creat × C Secure https/nu.blackboard.com/webapps/assessment/take/launch jsp?course assessment id -.195963 18xcourse i Question Completion Status: QUESTION 16 The purpose of Descartes' "thought experiment" with the lump of wax was to show that O a the senses, in fact, do not lie. , the evidence of the senses sometimes agrees with the insights of reason. C that wax, like other material substances, has no permanent properties. d the was has infinite properties and is therefore unknowable. eknowledge must be founded on reason, on the understanding, rather than on sense perception. QUESTION 17 According to Descartes, material substance (matter)

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The correct answer is Option E. The purpose of Descartes' "thought experiment" with the lump of wax was to show that knowledge must be founded on reason rather than sense perception.

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