Descartes Metaphysical Philosophy: Exploring Doubt, Dreams, and the Existence of God

Descartes; Metaphysics Theory Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Instructor’s Name Course Number Date Metaphysics is a type of philosophy that deals with the study of reality and existence. Realists will ask how the world exists, its origin, and the source of creation. Descartes’s meditations are explicated as a form of metaphysical philosophy that answers important questions on nature, reality, and existence. He had an interest in math, science, religion, and medicine which constitutes metaphysics. Descartes was the first philosopher to question the certainty of our claims on what surrounds us in the world (Descartes, 2008). Humans can never be certain and the possibility of doubt can never be ruled out. In explaining his ideologies, Descartes uses the literary forms of empiricism, existentialism, and essentialism to defend his ideologies. Descartes employs three stages of skepticism in his meditations which include the demo deceiver, sensory illusions, and dreams. He believes that his source of knowledge is his senses. However, he believes that senses can lie sometimes. Eyes cannot lie to us about our surroundings but smell and feeling can. Descartes believes