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Because deception occurs and because Descartes reasons that a perfectly good
omnipotent God would not allow deception to occur, Descartes hypothesizes that
_______________________ exists as the cause of deception.
Evil Demon
Descartes starts the process of
__________in order to avoid building on falsehoods.
Doubt
Descartes closes Meditation one with doubt of everything (universal doubt) including the
Heavens, the physical universe and his own body.
True
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Descartes will shatter (or at least attack) the empirical foundation many philosophers held
since Aristotle, namely
All knowledge comes from the senses (empiricism)
Descartes does not affirm that doubting all knowledge attained through the senses is
completely necessary.
False
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