This resource contains everything students and teachers alike need to learn or teach the “The Intuition & Deduction Thesis” area of the AQA A-Level Philosophy specification. It contains the following information:
The meaning of ‘intuition’ and ‘deduction’ and the distinction between them.
René Descartes’ notion of ‘clear and distinct ideas’.
His cogito as an example of an a priori intuition.
His arguments for the existence of God and his proof of the external world as examples of a priori deductions.
Empiricist responses including:
responses to Descartes’ cogito
responses to Descartes’ arguments for the existence of God and his proof of the external world (including how Hume’s Fork might be applied to these arguments)
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