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Well, I think that(ironically) Descartes’ criterea for truth discussed in the last post is, I think, quite vague. However, even if that is not valid, his method od doubt deserves some attention, and does not depend on that criterea for its own validity. I’m not sure that I agree with him that the views that we grow up with must be torn down completely in order to build them back more truthfully. I’m not sure that’s even possible, never mind desirable. I guess I think that if we are going to evaluate whether our opinions which we’ve grown up with are true or not, rejecting them first isn’t going to help. I think understanding them as held opinions and evaluating them(ie. Know thyself) is imperative. I would love comments, as I’m sure I’m wrong about something here. Next time I’ll discuss the method of doubt, which I think has some interesting things in it.