Descartes s Fourth Meditation On Truth And Falsity

In Descartes’s fourth meditation, he specifically demonstrates the relationship between the intellect and will, and his understanding of truth and falsity. Also, according to the objection regarding the cause of error, we know that Descartes’s idea of the source of error and the scope of the intellect and will is challenged. Objectors have different thoughts on the source of errors and they believe the scope of the intellect even seems to be wider than that of will. In fact, I agree with Descartes that the intellect is limited but will is unlimited; more importantly, the cause of error is the misuse of freedom of the will and lack of knowledge. Through careful examination of his works, we may confirm the theory of the intellect and will of Descartes s Meditation, and then we shall begin to carefully review his Fourth Meditation on truth and falsity. At the beginning of his fourth Meditation, Descartes clearly illustrates the existence of God, the impossibility of God being a deceiver, and the responsibility that God has about all faculties he creates. Based on these three understandings, he makes a critical move which separates his mind away from the senses because the sense can sometimes be deceptive. He also recognizes that his mind is a thinking thing. As we discuss in class, Descartes calls everything into doubt and convinces himself nothing exists in the world in Meditation I, so it gives him the reason to be sceptical about his beliefs. And in Meditation II, he