In one essay, Bernard Williams notes that the word "I" in parts of this work may refer to the reader.
In one essay, Bernard Williams notes that the word "I" in parts of this work may refer to the reader. This work's fourth section concludes that errors arise from the will being wider in range than the understanding, and that by focusing on things that one clearly and distinctly understands, one can eliminate error. In earlier sections, this work argues that knowledge is based on understanding by imagining a changing piece of (*) wax, and purports to prove the existence of God by claiming that a finite mind could not independently conceive of an infinite being. This work's narrator concludes that his mind must exist, even if he is being deceived by a powerful "evil demon." For 10 points, name this work written after Discourse on Method by Rene Descartes.
In one essay, Bernard Williams notes that the word "I" in parts of this work may refer to the reader.
Meditations on First Philosophy [or Meditations Metaphysiques; or Meditationes de prima philosophia, in qua Dei existentia et animæ immortalitas demonstratur]