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Essay ONE
Instructions:
Essay ONE Question/Prompt:
The philosopher, Rene Descartes, claims in the Second Meditation that the perception he has of wax “is a case not of vision or touch or imagination – nor has it ever been, despite previous appearances – but of purely mental scrutiny.” Describe the reasoning process by which Descartes comes to this conclusion. In other words, discuss how Descartes justifies this conclusion?