In this paper, Descartess first meditation discuss about the false things that he had to

believe in, he was very doubtful about the structure of the truth. He realized that if he wanted
concrete substance in the subject of science, he needed to start over, demolish his beliefs
completely, and restart from his foundations. He describes that an evil demon, also known as the
evil genius, could be deceiving his mind. He intend to show that he create this evil demon theory
for its only purpose is to have false belief. He blames the evil demon for fooling him for having
these beliefs.
According to the philosopher Descartes, that some malicious, powerful, cunning demon
has done all he can to deceive me. (3) In other words, He believes that there is a reason to
doubt his perceptions and his beliefs about everything has existence. Descartes theory of the
evil demon is extremely useful because it sheds insight on the difficult problem of whether I
exist. I find this claim plausible because the evil genius allows us to use our mind to think
through the frustration and tricky. Descartes believe that the evil demon can resemble to god; a
positive model, which represent good.
Descartes states, rather than this being done by God, who is supremely good and the
source of truth. (3) Basically Descartes is saying that god is no deceiver, such a powerful being
who expresses the true facts. I agree, as Descartes may not realize, that it could be either god or
the evil demon that could deceive him. Many Aristotelian philosophers that believe in would
argue that all knowledge comes from our perceptions. Descartes disagrees, he emphasizes that
dualism is knowledge, where the mind and matter exist independent respectively. He claims that
there two categories of knowledge to accomplish an argument.
As the prominent philosopher Descartes puts it I shall think that the sky, the air, the
earth, colours, shapes, sounds, and all external things are merely dreams that the demon has

contrived as traps for my judgment. (3) In making this comment, Descartes argues that his a
priori and a posteriori knowledge can be affected by the evil demon. Thus, this gives him false
beliefs, thoughts, and truths. Philosopher Hume, a believer in empiricism argues that all
knowledge should be based on experiences. For example, if Hume never encounters an evil
demon; therefore, he doesnt have any experiences with the evil demon. He would have no idea,
which doesnt come from impressions. Descartes can justify a god and evil demon, correlates to
good and bad, opposite against each other. Then, he uses the method to doubt; however, it
cannot be false. As a result, he would have no reason to hold it.
Descartes complains that it is out of his control, his old familiar opinions return into his
mind, it also against his will, which his beliefs are appearing. He considers that all possibilities
that such a being would exist, creating the evil demon as the deceiver. He finds it difficult to use
this degree in doubt. His laziness is pulling him back into his old opinions. His skepticism for
this evil demon is to create doubt that the being can generate. He probably thought this was a
tough challenged, where his opponent is a creature, which has the power to falsified things he
can perceive.
Descartes doesnt show enough evidence that evil demons existence, is there to deceive
him. Therefore, this claim about the evil demon fails to support the argument in a degree in
doubt. Descartes contradicts himself. On the one hand, he argues having a prior; the evil demon
cannot change everything without regard to experience because it logical such an evil demon
does not exist. It could be possible exist in a dream. But on the other hand, he also says not
aware whether the evil genius does have real existence. I think he uses the evil demon to have
doubt to proceed to his higher foundational beliefs. I find there no reasonable explanations to
believe Descartes evil demon to have existence.

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Sources: Meditations on First Philosophy in which are demonstrated the existence of God
and the distinction between the human soul and body: First Meditation., Rene Descartes.

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