Science contra the Meditations: The Existence of Material Things

The European Legacy 27 (3-4):348-360 (2022)
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In the Sixth Meditation, Descartes intends to prove that material things exist. His proof, which centers on the origin of the ideas of material things, has frequently been judged weak. But there is...

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10.1080/10848770.2022.2029164

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