When Descartes Found He Could Doubt Everything Except the Reality

question 86

Multiple Choice

When Descartes found he could doubt everything except the reality of his doubting itself,he gained immediate reassurance of the

• A) trustworthiness of his senses.
• B) immortality of his soul.
• C) reality of his rational mind.
• D) existence of the material world.

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