Second Meditation: The Wax Argument

Second Meditation: The Wax Argument
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The wax argument, also known as the ball of wax example, is an imaginary experiment created by Rene Descartes in his Meditations on First Philosophy. It was devised to determine the properties needed for the human body. Rene Descartes is of the view that our knowledge of the world is very uncertain as compared to our understanding of minds, arguing about rationalism. In the Second Meditation, he examines a piece of wax and takes into consideration its sensible characteristics such as its texture, color, smell, shape, and size. Then Rene Descartes points out that all of these properties can change significantly when the wax is kept close to a fire.
The only features that do not change are its a...