Meditation III
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Meditation III is a central section of René Descartes’ *Meditations on First Philosophy* in which he develops his main arguments for the existence of God and lays the groundwork for his theory of knowledge.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chapter of a philosophical work
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philosophical text section ⓘ |
| author | René Descartes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralArgument |
argument from the idea of a perfect being
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causal argument for the existence of God ⓘ |
| concludes |
God exists
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God is not a deceiver ⓘ |
| containedIn |
first edition of Meditations on First Philosophy
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second edition of Meditations on First Philosophy ⓘ |
| discussedIn | Cartesian scholarship ⓘ |
| follows | Meditation II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | early modern philosophical prose ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
God
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human mind ⓘ ideas ⓘ truth and falsity ⓘ |
| historicalContext | 17th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
early modern epistemology
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modern philosophy of religion ⓘ subsequent debates on the Cartesian circle ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
causal principle
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certainty ⓘ clear and distinct perceptions ⓘ criterion of truth ⓘ epistemology ⓘ existence of God ⓘ idea of God ⓘ objective and formal reality of ideas ⓘ source of error ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| originalPublicationPlace | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1641 ⓘ |
| originalWorkLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Meditations on First Philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalMethod |
first-person meditation
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method of doubt ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Cartesianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Rationalism ⓘ |
| positionInWork | third meditation ⓘ |
| precedes | Meditation IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
grounds certainty of knowledge in the existence of God
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provides foundation for later rejection of radical doubt ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
cause must contain at least as much reality as its effect
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clear and distinct perception ⓘ degrees of reality ⓘ formal reality ⓘ objective reality of ideas ⓘ |
| workBy | René Descartes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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