What is Descartes' criterion of truth?

Note that Descartes is NOT a skeptic, even though it may seem otherwise in this meditation. He is just presenting the position he will be arguing against. ➢ The criterion of truth Descartes is using here is the indubitability criterion: A belief will be accepted as true only if it cannot be doubted. read more

Descartes’ criterion of truth is supported by the following: 1. (Indubitability Criterion) - Rational belief “A belief will be accepted as true only if it cannot be doubted.” 2. (I think therefore I am - Cogito ergo sum) - The existence of his own mind “Since a truth cannot doubted, it is qualified as knowledge.” 3. read more

Descartes therefore argued, as a result of his method, that reason alone determined knowledge, and that this could be done independently of the senses. For instance, his famous dictum, cogito ergo sum, is a conclusion reached a priori and not through an inference from experience[citation needed]. read more

The rose we see is really red, the sugar on out tongue is really sweet, and the fire we approach is really hot. But in truth--EXISTENCE IS TO BE PERCEIVED- a mental perception. Hence, things or objects exist because somebody is perceiving or sensing them. read more