Question of Certainty
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We are living in a world where there are various theories, views and opinions about many different issues. These theories, views and opinions are changing, as everyday new scientific discoveries are made and new theories conducted. Consequently, our knowledge and what we know for certain, or in other words what we think that we know for certain today might change tomorrow. This raises the question whether there is anything certain and what we can know with certainty. Some philosophers have searched for the answer of this question. Descartes and Hume are among them who are concerned with the problem of certainty. Both Descartes and Hume have tried to find a basis for certain knowledge. However, they differ from each other in their point of view on the foundation of this certain knowledge.
Descartes' aim is to find out a system of thought, which will be the foundation of the principles of absolute certainty. Descartes starts with rejecting any idea as certain and he tries to discover the basis of certainty...