Rene Descartes, Meditation 3 | The Argument for God's Existence | Philosophy Core Concepts

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This is a video in my new Core Concepts series -- designed to provide students and lifelong learners a brief discussion focused on one main concept from a classic philosophical text and thinker.
This Core Concept video focuses on Rene Descartes' work, The Meditations, specifically on meditation 3 and the argument for God's existence which he provides there. This argument does not neatly fit into the usual classification of ontological, cosmological, and teleological arguments, and turns on the origin of the idea Descartes has of God.
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Hats off to you for attempting to explain the 3rd Meditation. I’ve read it all and only in reading it and doing the exercises along with him could I comprehend this concept. It’s so difficult to understand, so to explain it is that much more complicated

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[@mac6990]

Thank you! this was very helpful with understand the text

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[@rburrisVET]

This reminds me of Anselm’s ontological argument for God’s existence

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[@parwati7460]

Where is " cogito ergo sum " concept along with the existence of God?

[@GregoryBSadler]

It isn't. Those are separate topics

[@chrislowicki7233]

Can’t believe “The Dude” is teaching me about descarte

[@GregoryBSadler]

That's just your opinion, man

[@user-wi3yx3gy2o]

1/n approaches the limit infinity (or negative infinity if n is negative) as n approaches zero. So that is how one conceives infinity without being able to fully grasp infinity.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Yeah. . . not quite what Descartes is talking about here. You can easily find the text online

[@venkays8625]

Descartes doesn't seem to have made diligent use of his own Method of Doubt in this case and seems to conclude rather hastily that God must exist because his idea exists.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Nah. Not at all what's going on. You'll need to reread more closely

[@venkays8625]

@@GregoryBSadler Not really , I am saying the same thing as Bertrand Russel " The constructive part of Descartes’s theory of knowledge is less interesting than the earlier destructive part.". What do you mean " You'll need to reread more closely" ?

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[@GregoryBSadler]

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[@canyildiz5966]

it sounds brilliant until you realise how much of a mid-life crisis Descartes was really having. poor guy.🙂

[@GregoryBSadler]

Except that he wasn't. Poor reader