Descartes wax discussion in his Meditations

[Go_Blue88]

Hey guys,

I'm currently writing a paper about the possible purposes of Descartes' wax discussion in his Meditations. So far, my primary argument is that he uses it to show the epistemological narrator that sense perception has no purpose whatsoever. Also, I'll probably mention how this functions as an awful personal identity argument.

But, I was wondering if any of you had any opinions on this matter? I certainly wouldn't take your ideas, I have my own. I'm just curious as to what others think.

[theweatherman]

The wax argument goes to show how the senses are easily fooled to think that the wax is different when the mind clearlyknows that it is the same. It is important to show how the mind is the ultimate power of the body, not the senses.

I'm not sur ewhat you mean by claiming that it is an awful personal identity argument, but i think that it shows that the mental reasoning powers of the mind are infinitly more important than the seneses.

Here's the info:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-epistemology/

You win the paper