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refresh my mind so I can keep in mind, what was the four methods Descartes used for knowledge? I remember reading them when I read 'Discourse On Method' but they have seemed to slip my mind

What are some brainlet-tier mistakes to avoid as an undergrad Philosophy major?

Wtf is his problem

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you don't even have to believe your own senses, much less that other consciousnesses exist and enjoy poetry, so what can I say?

Regarding the "self", Bertrand Russell says:

"Descartes’s indubitable facts are his own thoughts—using “thought” in the widest possible sense. “I think” is his ultimate premiss. Here the word “I” is really illegitimate; he ought to state his ultimate premiss in the form “there are thoughts.” The word “I” is grammatically convenient, but does not describe a datum. When he goes on to say “I am a thing which thinks,” he is already using uncritically the apparatus of categories handed down by scholasticism. He nowhere proves that thoughts need a thinker, nor is there reason to believe this except in a grammatical sense."

How can Descarte defend himself against this?

As I understand it, Russell is taking the position that thoughts are cultural phenomenon and that no metaphysical "I" makes up thought. Instead the I is a manifestation of the thought zeitgeist.

Am I close to what Russell is saying? If so, how can descarte defend against this? Please help me:)

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