Meditation II, Part A

This lecture covers Meditation II up to the point at which Descartes starts to discuss the piece of wax. Positively, then, it covers Descartes's argument that "I am, I exist" is completely certain whenever thought or uttered, and it covers his argument that the "I" is essentially a thinking thing. We will cover the so-called wax meditation (his thoughts about the piece of wax at the end of Meditation II) next week.