Sixth Meditation
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Sixth Meditation is the concluding section of René Descartes’ "Meditations on First Philosophy," where he argues for the real distinction between mind and body and reflects on the existence of the material world.
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| Sixth Meditation canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sixth Meditation Context triple: [Meditations on First Philosophy, hasPart, Sixth Meditation]
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Fifth Meditation
Fifth Meditation is a section of René Descartes’ *Meditations on First Philosophy* in which he develops arguments for the existence of God and the certainty of clear and distinct perceptions.
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Fourth Meditation
Fourth Meditation is a section of René Descartes’ *Meditations on First Philosophy* in which he examines the nature of human error and the relationship between the intellect and the will.
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Pascalian Meditations
Pascalian Meditations is a major theoretical work by sociologist Pierre Bourdieu that deepens his concepts of habitus, field, and symbolic power through a philosophical engagement with Pascal and the history of social thought.
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First Meditation
First Meditation is the opening section of René Descartes’ *Meditations on First Philosophy*, in which he introduces radical doubt by questioning the reliability of all his previous beliefs.
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Meditations on First Philosophy
Meditations on First Philosophy is René Descartes’ foundational philosophical treatise in which he employs radical doubt to establish certain knowledge and famously argues for the distinction between mind and body.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sixth Meditation Target entity description: Sixth Meditation is the concluding section of René Descartes’ "Meditations on First Philosophy," where he argues for the real distinction between mind and body and reflects on the existence of the material world.
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A.
Fifth Meditation
Fifth Meditation is a section of René Descartes’ *Meditations on First Philosophy* in which he develops arguments for the existence of God and the certainty of clear and distinct perceptions.
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B.
Fourth Meditation
Fourth Meditation is a section of René Descartes’ *Meditations on First Philosophy* in which he examines the nature of human error and the relationship between the intellect and the will.
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C.
Pascalian Meditations
Pascalian Meditations is a major theoretical work by sociologist Pierre Bourdieu that deepens his concepts of habitus, field, and symbolic power through a philosophical engagement with Pascal and the history of social thought.
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D.
First Meditation
First Meditation is the opening section of René Descartes’ *Meditations on First Philosophy*, in which he introduces radical doubt by questioning the reliability of all his previous beliefs.
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E.
Meditations on First Philosophy
Meditations on First Philosophy is René Descartes’ foundational philosophical treatise in which he employs radical doubt to establish certain knowledge and famously argues for the distinction between mind and body.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
chapter
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philosophical text section ⓘ |
| addressesProblem |
criteria for distinguishing dreams from waking experience
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how bodily sensations can be reliable ⓘ how mind and body interact ⓘ |
| argumentType |
a posteriori argument
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a priori argument ⓘ |
| author | René Descartes ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
God is not a deceiver
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material things exist ⓘ mind is really distinct from body ⓘ |
| concludesThat |
body cannot think
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corporeal things are at least possible ⓘ corporeal things in fact exist ⓘ mind can exist without body ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | the Faculty of Sacred Theology of the Sorbonne ⓘ |
| hasCommentaryBy |
Antoine Arnauld
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Pierre Gassendi ⓘ Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia ⓘ Thomas Hobbes ⓘ |
| influenced |
early modern philosophy
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epistemological discussions of perception ⓘ philosophy of mind debates on dualism ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
certainty and error in sense perception
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existence of the material world ⓘ nature of corporeal things ⓘ real distinction between mind and body ⓘ relation between mind and body ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Meditatio sexta ⓘ |
| partOf | Meditations on First Philosophy ⓘ |
| partOfWorkFirstPublished | 1641 ⓘ |
| philosophicalField |
epistemology
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metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Rationalism ⓘ |
| positionInWork | final meditation ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Cartesian circle
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mind–body problem ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Fifth Meditation
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Meditations on First Philosophy ⓘ
surface form:
Objections and Replies (Descartes)
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| supportsDoctrine |
Cartesianism
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surface form:
Cartesian dualism
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| usesConcept |
clear and distinct perception
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error as a privation ⓘ essence of body as extension ⓘ essence of mind as thinking ⓘ faculty of imagination ⓘ faculty of sense perception ⓘ substance dualism ⓘ |
| workNumberInSeries | 6 ⓘ |
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