Descartes Dream Argument

Dreams are something that many of us have that are vivid, and sometimes so realistic we think it was not actually a dream. How do those dreams affect the way we live our life or are they even dreams? What would Rene Descartes say about dreams? Why do we dream, and what is the significance of dreaming? On our journey to understand a little more about Rene Descartes and what he would say about dreams happening plus their significance to our life we will be going through the Dream Argument as well as some of its criticism, imagination, and the Cartesian questions about dreams.
Descartes was a part of the dream argument. The Dream Argument was “proof” that the sense should not be fully trusted when distinguishing reality from illusions. Descartes
Hobbes wanted to fight this thought with one of his own that says that the key difference in dreaming and waking life is that dreaming will have absurdity. Waking life with not has absurd moments in it. And that is one of the main ways you are able to distinguish one from the other. Also, Locke talked about how real pain and dream pain almost go hand in hand. He says that we cannot have physical pain in a dream if we do not experience that pain at least once in our waking life. If Locke's claim is true then that throws out Descartes premise that there is no way to distinguish waking from dreaming states of consciousness. This makes a lot of sense when you think about recurring dreams or very popular dreams among people. One which is that a person is falling and is jolted awake as they are about to hit the pavement. If Locke's ideas are true then that means that the reasoning for waking just before death is because most haven't experienced death or simply haven't even experienced falling from a tall
Mostly to make a decision and seek different goals. These questions can be applied to what our dreams mean. We could take information, situations, and actions from within our dreams and apply these questions to make a decision on whether or not to make the changes within our life. The first question is, what would happen if you did make that change? This question helps people be able to “Visualise their goal fulfillment - increasing motivation.” The next, what would happen if you did not make that change? “Identify the pain of staying as they are - which can be a powerful motivator.” Most of the time people look at the disappointing part of life, and sometimes that can actually be a good motivator for people to take on their dreams so they can make a change. The third question is, what would not happen if you did make that change? “Understand what they lose if they achieve their goal” And the final question is, what would not happen if you did not make that change? “Identify hidden perspectives and feelings.”All of these questions can be used for dream interpretation. An example of this can be someone has a job and they dream about going the extra mile within the job and getting rewarded for it, but it means they must get up earlier and stay at work longer. When this person awakes they think that is so great maybe I should do that, but then they start to think