Wax argument
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title:
Wax argument
text:
The wax argument or the sheet of wax example is a thought experiment that René Descartes created in the second of his Meditations on First Philosophy. He devised it to analyze what properties are essential for bodies, show how uncertain our knowledge of the world is compared to our knowledge of our minds, and argue for rationalism.
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Thought experiment
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wax_argument
date created:
2013-09-21T01:07:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T08:04:36Z
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