René Descartes's systematic philosophical work using methodological doubt to establish foundations of knowledge — cogito ergo sum, mind-body dualism, and proofs of God's existence.
Six meditations moving from radical doubt to certainty: only the thinking thing is indubitable; God exists and is not a deceiver; clear and distinct perceptions are true; mind and body are distinct substances.
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