The French philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes is credited with proposing arguments in support of all of the following ideas except: God, as a perfect being, would not deceive us in matters of rational thought (ontological argument) the world exists as a duality of eternal things (mind) and temporal things (matter) we can doubt inferences and the evidence of our senses, but we cannot doubt our own existence algebraic formulae can be represented graphically (analytic geometry) our knowledge of the world is merely probabilistic, never absolutely certain (empiricism)

The French philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes is credited with proposing arguments in support of all of the following ideas except: God, as a perfect being, would not deceive us in matters of rational thought (ontological argument) the world exists as a duality of eternal things (mind) and temporal things (matter) we can doubt inferences and the evidence of our senses, but we cannot doubt our own existence algebraic formulae can be represented graphically (analytic geometry) our knowledge of the world is merely probabilistic, never absolutely certain (empiricism)

Essentials Of Human Development

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Chapter8: Rites Of Passage: Physical And Cognitive Development During Adolescence

Section8.4: Reasoning About Moral Issues

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