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Meanings of cartesian doubt in English

Portuguese
método da dúvida
Catalan
dubte metòdic
Spanish
duda metódica

Form of methodological skepticism associated with the writings and methodology of René Descartes.

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método da dúvida
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Examples for "cartesian skepticism"
Examples for "cartesian skepticism"
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I'll take that as a general statement of Cartesian skepticism, shall I?
Schild’s Ladder
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And would not the logical result be a condition of universal doubt?
Eminent Victorians
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The explosion carried them away like grains of dust into the abyss of universal doubt.
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Volume 1
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How could one fecundate the universal doubt so that it should give birth to a new faith?
The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 5
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The Cartesian philosophy swings around the proposition that only through universal doubt can we at last reach truth.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8
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Olivier's mind was a mixture of faith, liberty, passion, irony, and universal doubt, for which Christophe could not find any working formula.
Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the Hous...
Usage of cartesian doubt in English
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This is the meaning of the Cartesian doubt, which is more comprehensive and more thorough than the Baconian.
History of Modern Philosophy / From Nicolas of Cusa to the Prese...
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Sir Geoffrey Boycott, who has been on wild form all summer, has tried to stand firm in the face of Cartesian doubt.
The Guardian