A dream, according to Descartes, is composed of complex elements, while our imaginations tend to consist of simple elements. However, Descartes thereafter debunks this argument, due to his reasoning that we understand the simple elements, and his evil demon argument. For example, it is a commonly understood that 2 plus 2 is equal to four and that a square has 4 sides. These are evidences, however we do not know if they are absolutely true. Descartes argues that an evil demon or evil teacher could have put these ideas in our mind to make us think that they are true, when in fact they could be
A dream, according to Descartes, is composed of complex elements, while our imaginations tend to consist of simple elements. However, Descartes thereafter debunks this argument, due to his reasoning that we understand the simple elements, and his evil demon argument. For example, it is a commonly understood that 2 plus 2 is equal to four and that a square has 4 sides. These are evidences, however we do not know if they are absolutely true. Descartes argues that an evil demon or evil teacher could have put these ideas in our mind to make us think that they are true, when in fact they could be