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Question 1

What is thread 1?

Answer 1

Rationalism Descartes Intuition + Deduction Cogito->God->EW
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The Cogito
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Cogito cannot be justified
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so cogito is wrong, but if it wasn’t he would be wrong on God.

Question 2

What is thread 2?

Answer 2

Descartes ontological argument
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Existence claims are a posteriori and contingent

Question 3

What is thread 3?

Answer 3

Cosmological argument
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Relies on causal principle which cannot be justified a priori
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So he is wrong on God too, but if he wasn’t he would be wrong on the external world too.

Question 4

What is thread 4?

Answer 4

Proof of the external world
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Dreams and illusions still lead us to scepticism