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Descartes Uses Wax Example For Intellect

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Descartes Uses Wax Example For Intellect

Descartes, Rene · Philosopher

The Second Meditation examines how a piece of wax remains recognized despite changing sensible qualities. Descartes used it to argue that intellectual judgment is not reducible to the senses.

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