1) In the first and shorter part (approximately 1 page) you will explain why Descartes sets out to doubt everything he once thought he knew and how he arrives at the one immediate certainty that he exists. (It will also be useful in this context to say something about how according to Descartes in Med. 4 we can avoid ever being in error).

2) In the second part which will form the bulk of your paper, analyze and critically evaluate one of the arguments by which Descartes attempts to prove either a) the existence of God or b) the existence of an external physical world. You have two choices here: choose either a) or b) as your focus and, if you choose a), focus on one of the three arguments by which Descartes tries to prove God’s existence, briefly indicating how it differs from the other two. Analyzing an argument requires clearly stating and explaining all of its steps as well as showing how they logically lead to the conclusion. Critically evaluating the argument requires you to question each premise (is it true? Is it vulnerable to objections? Can counter-examples be brought against it?) as well as the logic of the argument

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