f Contradiction, the Principal of Adequate Reality, and the Principal of Sufficient Reason. But these ideas seem to be preconceived in his mind, before he goes through his doubt. How, then, can they be preserved and used in his arguments? Even if they are logical, they must be doubted under his methodic doubt structure. Without them, he cannot prove the existence of God, and is mired in his own doubt.Other objections to Descartes first proof include his use of language. While it is difficult to relay abstract ideas without language, it is nonetheless a human idea that he has learned and needs to doubt, according to his specifications. His use of a heat analogy to explain his Principal of Adequate Reality is inappropriate, as it uses material (heat is a result of the senses) that he doubts. Also, the principal itself questionable in that it is ambiguous in its terminology and measurement of reality. For instance, World War I and the years of fighting and millions of deaths can be traced back to the assassination of Archduke Ferdinan. Does this mean that the War (effect) contained less reality than the single death (cause)? This would seem to trivialize one of the largest conflicts in human history.Yet another critique of Descartes proof of God is his claim that the idea of God is innate. He does not recognize the fact that many cultures would consider the idea of multiple gods innate, nor does he give credence to the possibility that a sense of wonder is innate and is birthplace of the idea of God.The ontological argument for God also has merits that are invalid. One such is a point made by Kant, that the second portion of Descartes' proof is inaccurate because existence is not necessarily a property, as Descartes uses it as (Thomson 30). Another philosopher, Gassendi, said in his work Objections, "something which does not exist is neither perfect nor imperfect" (qtd Thomson 30). This would imply that existence is not perfe...
