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hbsimmons88

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Descartes was determined to doubt only those ideas which were
 
 

a. obviously false.
  b. based on experience.
  c. based on authority.
   d. subject to any possible doubt.



Question 2

Which one of the following was not one of Descartess goals
 
 

a. to defend the medieval tradition in philosophy against modern thought
  b. to find certainty
  c. to develop a universal science
  d. to reconcile mechanism with human freedom
 
 




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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

a



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