CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND WRITE A 500 OR MORE WORD RESPONSE. Keep your response directly connected with the context of the class and the specific question being asked.Reviewing the assigned materials will be essential, but going on the internet to look something up will not be helpful. Furthermore, it goes directly against the assignment guidelines. Outside research is not permitted. Produce responses that demonstrate your ability to think things through. Also, use your own words. Quotes, if used at all,should be properly cited and used very sparingly -- at most a few words from the assigned text.

5. Near the very start of Meditations on First Philosophy, Rene Descartes tells the reader that his goal is to addresstwo questions: the matter of whether or not God exists, and whether or not the human soul exists as somethingdistinct from the body. Select one of these questions and, based upon the excerpt we studied, describeDescartes’ conclusion and the reasoning he offers in support of his position.

6. Descartes adopts a particular intellectual strategy in his Meditations for reaching the truth he seeks. Oddly, it is aMethod that begins with an emphasis on doubt. According to Descartes, how is it that this approach works?How is it that a focus on reasons to doubt our beliefs can ultimately lead to certain knowledge? And, where doesthis approach lead Descartes by the end of Meditations III? What conclusions does he reach about God andhuman existence?