- We can know if a belief is good enough for our foundation by judging whether or not Descartes is successful by biasing his previous held beliefs to be justified. By doing so with conclusive reasons so that the beliefs are true. The hyperbolic doubt is used as a cover up to what Descartes says to be true.
2. Why does Descartes use the hypothesis of an evil genius? Is it not enough to say that we could be dreaming? What can be doubted on this new hypothesis and what cannot?
- Descartes uses the hypothesis of an “evil genius” meaning he himself exist as a thinking thing. He wants to get out that there are things out