... that there are some that he can hold back as true? By specifying what he did not intend to doubt, Descartes could have avoided many of his pitfalls, there are many things that would have surely been rational to doubt, like the logic behind his own Method of Doubt, for all he knows, it could be complete nonsense, and his method could not have achieves the results that he desired at all. When Descartes begins the process of ridding himself off all his beliefs, he does not recognise the importance of having replacements for them, otherwise, surely, he can't even write anything because he has to even doubt his own language and legitimacy. Before purging all his beliefs surely he should set some 'ground-rules' like the fact that he possesses the ability to read, write, comprehend his own thoughts, otherwise insanity would ensue if he had no beliefs at all. ...

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