1. What is scholasticism? What is the effect of scholasticism on thought? 2. In what respects is Descartes' Method a repudiation of scholasticism? 3. What is Descartes Method? 4. How does Descartes define Self? 5. How does Descartes define World? 6. What is the assurance of the existence (reality) of self? 7. What is the assurance of the existence (reality) of world? 8. What are the implications of the argument that the existence of self is self-evident but that the existence of the world requires the assurance of God? 9. God as a reality asserted by society (outwardly) as opposed to 10. God as a reality asserted by self (inwardly) 11. Descartes method as a reflection of Protestant theology in Catholicism 12. The world detached from self as suitable and necessary object of scientific investigation. 1 Cogito ergo sum The beginning of modern thought - transcendentalism Descartes meaning: transitive thinking OF something, intransitive awareness, empty awareness buddhistic awareness without an object to what extent does the object of which I am aware, evoke corroborate strengthen my awareness of myself Consciousness, awareness of the present in time expressed, manifested, reinforced by language, the North Sea image, the 9th Symphony Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön. Arabella-Mandryka 2 The Cartesian world is inherently separate from self, i.e. transcendental. How does self apprehend the world. structured (idealized) extended in space and time. Where does the world obtain its structure its content. How does the world present itself to me, as touch, smell, (taste) sound, image. 3 Space and time as bridges between subjectivity and objectivity.