1. Descartes
Descartes" writing his Meditations on First Philosophy in a first-person format is essential to the potential success of his argument. ... Thus, Descartes promotes the first-person structure of the Meditations as a guide to discovering for oneself the existence of God. ... Descartes" primary premises are proven most clearly by his use of the first-person in writing the Meditations. ... Since Descartes cannot know what is going on in any other person's mind and one can only make statements for ones own mind, it would not be possible to prove the meditator's existence without writi...
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