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Cartesian doubt

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noun

Philosophy.

willful suspension of all interpretations of experience that are not absolutely certain: used as a method of deriving, by elimination of such uncertainties, axioms upon which to base theories.

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Cartesian doubt

This is the meaning of the Cartesian doubt, which is more comprehensive and more thorough than the Baconian.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard

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