Before introducing the evil deceiver, Descartes' famous "dream argument" is used to demonstrate that:

a. Substance can be better known than quality
b. "The mind is a thinking thing'
c. Descartes can doubt the information of his senses
d. Descartes can doubt all mathematical truth
e. "I think, therefore I am'


c

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