People
Who was Huet?
The Censura : why and when?
The birth of skepticism
Malebranche's surprising silence
The downfall of Cartesianism
Kinds
Huet a Cartesian?
Descartes and skepticism : the standard interpretation
Descartes and skepticism : the texts
Thoughts
The cogito : an inference?
The transparency of mind
The cogito as pragmatic tautology
Doubts
The reality of doubt
The generation of doubt
The response to doubt
Rules
The criterion of truth
The trump argument
Circles
The simple circularity of the Meditations
The inner circle(s)
Gods
Gassendist influences
The objections of objections
The rejection of intentionality
Virtues
Descartes's voice
Betting the family farm
The propagation of light
The heart-beat
The moving earth
Faith and reason
Descartes as methodological academic skeptic.