Episode 7 - Analysis of Descartes' Second Meditation (Part 2)

21/05/2020 12 min
Episode 7 - Analysis of Descartes' Second Meditation (Part 2)

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In this episode we will be finishing our analysis Descartes' second meditation. There are a lot of themes to keep track of in this episode, including separating epistemic and metaphysical arguments, as well as tracking where doubt is still present and where it is not. While it is a challenging episode, it highlights the sort of conceptual organising that is a requirement for philosophical analysis. If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch via my social media which will be below.Website: www.mmaltcullen.comTwitter: @MaltCullenInstagram: @mikemaltcullenReferences:Anadale, C. (2019). Descartes Meditation 2 Walkthrough. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqNGa7gQxhk [Accessed 24 Apr. 2020].Descartes, R. (1993). Meditations on First Philosophy. 6th ed. Translated by J. Cottingham. UK: Cambridge University Press.Gallois, A. (2016). Identity Over Time (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). [online] Stanford.edu. Available at: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-time/ [Accessed 14 Oct. 2019].Hyde, D. and Raffman, D. (2018). Sorites Paradox (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). [online] Stanford.edu. Available at: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sorites-paradox/.The Partially Examined Life (2009). Episode 2: Descartes’s Meditations: What Can We Know?. [online] The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast. Available at: https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2009/05/13/episode-2-descartess-meditations-what-can-we-know/ [Accessed 6 Apr. 2020].