Each
response should be a minimum of 300 words. They should consist of: A statement
in your own words of a concept or argument from each reading from the week that
you found to be important or particularly interesting. At least one question
about the readings. This might be about part of the reading you found difficult
or confusing, about where the ideas lead to, their relevance, etc.. A
connection between one or more of the week’s readings and readings from earlier
in the course. Here you write about how ideas seems related, could help build
on each other, or might be in tension. Other readings to relate to- Meno by Plato
The
"Meditations on First Philosophy" by René Descartes goes on a
profound journey of doubt, questioning the truth of all his beliefs, including
the reality of the outside world and even of God. Therefore, the article's
introspection helps us understand Rene's discovery that there is an obvious and
fundamental truth: the presence of the thinking self.