How is Descartes’ theory of reality different from Plato’s?
2007-02-13 04:28:12 · 4 answers · asked by la 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
OK. However difficult it may be to put it in a nutshell, I'll give it my best shot:
Plato thought all existing things are but "shadows" or "forms" of the perfect reality we cannot perceive. Descartes starts where Plato left off, stating that even though reason cannot definitely tell us how to differentiate between reality and dream, we can be sure that we are reasoning about it, so our reason is an existing reality. As is the reality of God: a perfect being. If we can conceive the representation of a perfect being, such a being has to exist.All representations that we have of external reality could very well be part of a dream;but even this external reality can have aspects accessible to reason (Descartes calls these "quantitative properties" (the measurable, mathematical ones). So even though senses can deceive us about the colour, taste etc. of something, nature is not a dream; because otherwise our reason couldn't grasp the quantitative properties and because the perfect being (=God) would not deceive us.
Hope that helps...
2007-02-13 04:50:02 · answer #1 · answered by Cristian Mocanu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 06:53:16 · answer #2 · answered by svendsen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How is a circle different from a square?
2007-02-13 04:43:28 · answer #3 · answered by Johannes 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Use wikipedia.org....lots of good info on that site.
2007-02-13 04:42:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋