Philosophy 1050-020 Spring 2008                                                                  NAME:

Introduction to Philosophy

Reading Questionnaire #7

Due: TUESDAY, March 18, 2008

Rene Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy, Meditations One and Two (pp. 59-69)

Please answer each question in 2-4 sentences.

1. In the first Meditation, why does Descartes undertake to doubt everything that he has believed before?

2. In the second Meditation, what does he find out that is nevertheless certain and secure?