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Meanings of methodic doubt in inglés

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duda metódica

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

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      Examples for "cartesian doubt"
      Examples for "cartesian doubt"
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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...
      2
      Sir Geoffrey Boycott, who has been on wild form all summer, has tried to stand firm in the face of Cartesian doubt.
      The Guardian
      1
      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
      2
      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
      3
      How could one fecundate the universal doubt so that it should give birth to a new faith?
      The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 5
      4
      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
      5
      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...