Discussion postDescartes through the element of reasoning, he concludes that there are things that can be doubted. Correspondingly, he disregards the arguments from the previous philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle by bringing doubt in their claims. One of the Descartes arguments is on the senses of feel, hear sight, smell and taste. As such, Descartes argues that the senses are deceptive; thus, he cannot trust them. Based on my perception, Descartes argument provides a strong basis to reality. In some of the incidences, the incidences tend to mislead us to take things away from reality. For instance, observing an object at a distance may make it look smaller than its actual size. Thus, we get deceived about the size of the object, and we apply reasoning to approximate the size. From that perspective, Descartes supports his claim through logic by stating that if in any case, the senses deceive him, then he has to doubt. However, the argument presented by Descartes about the deception of sense is not sufficiently substantive. Through the use of senses, an individual can detect the actual size of his fingers because of the proximity. For instance, no reasoning is required for one to determine the size of his or her fingers because they are near. As such, Descartes in his argument, he has to show that there is an extent to which doubt can occur, and reasoning applied.
Nevertheless, to a greater extent, Descartes argument on deceptive senses provide a valid reason to change our beliefs. Reasoning has taken every aspect of humankind as propagated by modern philosophy. Therefore, we can use reasoning to control our senses.