The existence of God in René Descartes' philosophy

proofs and metaphysical and epistemological implications

Abstract

The article presents the proofs for the existence of God in René Descartes' philosophy. The proofs are presented in three parts. First, the proof of the existence of God a posteriori thought through the contingency of the spirit. Secondly, the proof of the existence of God a posteriori thought through the causality of the idea of God in the human mind. Finally, the Cartesian ontological argument, that is, the third proof of the existence of God a priori, thought of from the essence of the Perfect Being. The aims of this article were to present the proofs of God's existence in René Descartes' philosophy and to identify the metaphysical and epis-thematic implications. The methodology used was exploratory bibliographical. The results elucidated how Descartes formulates the proofs of God's existence and presents a new ontological argument in the history of philosophy.