Question

Which ideas can be attributed to Descartes? Select all that apply.

Knowledge is derived from sensory experience.
The existence of God cannot be proven through general assent.
Natural phenomena are derived from their end purpose.
Consciousness is not dependent upon sensory experience.

Answer 1

Descartes OPPOSED 2 key ideas of Aristotelian thinking. He Opposed that Knowledge is derived from the senses. (So Not A) . He OPPOSED that natural Phenomena are derived from their end purpose. (so not C)

Consciousness is not dependent upon sensory experience (D is the answer).

Not sure about the Existence of God can't be proven thru General Asset. (I think that's Locke not Descartes)

Answer 2

Answer: "Knowledge is derived from sensory experience". This idea is attribuided to Descartes because of his thoughts about reality and knoweldge have the common source, that is experience. The idea "The existence of God cannot be proven through general assent" is wrong because this was not the thought of Descartes, on the contrary, this was Pierre Bayle's comment on the existence of god. "Natural phenomena are derived from their end purpose." this is an old buddhist thinking, and it is not from Descartes. "Consciousness is not dependent upon sensory experience." This idea is wrong because is just the oposite idea of what Descartes thinks.