What is Descartes' goal? Does he succeed? If not, why not? Can you identify places where D. makes important logical leaps or assumptions that might weaken his arguments?
What is the meaning of "I think, therefore I am"? How does D. demonstrate this? Can this be done without using D's method of radical doubt?
What are Descartes' two proofs of the existence of God? Are they legitimate?
What is the difference between intellection and imagination? How does imagination demonstrate material existence?
What is D's position on free will? How does this fit in with earlier discussions of the subject that you have studied?
Why is it necessary that God not be a deceiver? How does D.
demonsrate that God is not a deciever?
What
is
Galileo's main point here? Is this new?
Why exactly should we trust dots of light supposedly coming from
hundreds of millions of miles away seen by looking through a tube?
What is Galileo's hierarchy of means for acquiring knowledge about
the world? What is the place of revelation/scripture in this
hierarchy? Why is he even bothering to discuss it?
Does this have anything to do with Descartes?