Expert Q&A Done Descartes What are the 3 skeptical arguments in the First Medita

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Expert Q&A Done Descartes What are the 3 skeptical arguments in the First Meditation? 2. Descartes thinks that many of the beliefs and thoughts we attribute merely to the senses intellect. How does the example of the automata Cartificial machines') show depend on the this? What are the three classes of ideas the meditator speaks of? Some ideas at least seem to be beor innate; others seem to 4. Descartes believes that, in addition to sensation and imagination, minds have an intellect depend on these other faculties. What is his argument for this? which does not

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1). The three skeptical arguments in the first meditation are:-

(a). senses sometimes decieve you.

(b). You should never trust something or someone that has decieved you once. Hence you shouldn't trust your senses.

(c). All of beliefs have either come from or through senses.

3). The three classes of ideas the meditator speaks of are innate, adventitious and factitious.

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