Quote Originally Posted by Zorba
I am trying to prove that Descartes does not have to be saved from the Cartesian circle because it works in his system. Can we really prove that anything that is proven wrong in the scientific system is actually wrong? No, because it is someone's construct. Follow it if you will; I usually follow the scientific construct myself. But it is a fundamental error to assume that this is true only because most people say it is, just as blind faith in god is wrong. You must consider the systems, and decide which suits you the best.
Need I go into my old tirades about how philosophy is far superior to science. If you think that Descartes was thinking and making up his own illogical rules you would be mistaken. There are ways in which philosophers can prove others wrong by using pure reason, which is distinct in philosophy and affects everything.



Descartes will always be one of the most important thinkers for his Cogito Ergo Sum theory. No one else had been able to pinpoint existence as precisely and correctly as Descartes.