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Error

‘I know by experience that I am prone to countless errors’

\citep[p.~38; AT VII: 54]{descartes:1985_csm2}

‘my errors ... are the only evidence of some imperfection in me’

\citep[p.~39; AT VII: 56]{descartes:1985_csm2}

Fourth Meditation

‘So what then is the source of my mistakes?

It must be simply this: the scope of the will is wider than that of the intellect; but instead of restricting it within the same limits, I extend its use to matters which I do not understand’

\citep[p.~40; AT VII: 58]{descartes:1985_csm2}

Fourth Meditation

What are these?
\emph{The intellect} is the faculty of representation. \emph{The will} is what affirms or denies something represented \emph{Judgement} occurs when the intellect represents something which the will affirms (or denies). \emph{Error} occurs when will affirms (or denies) incorrectly.

The intellect is the faculty of representation.

The will is what affirms or denies something represented

Judgement occurs when the intellect represents something which the will affirms (or denies).

Here is a representation. You cannot say that I have misled you until I tell you that it represents the route from your hotel to the metro station.
So the picture is this: the intellect passes images to the will. And the will decides what to do with them. Some it affirms or denies. Others it just hangs on a wall.

The intellect is the faculty of representation.

The will is what affirms or denies something represented

Judgement occurs when the intellect represents something which the will affirms (or denies).

‘So what then is the source of my mistakes?

It must be simply this: the scope of the will is wider than that of the intellect; but instead of restricting it within the same limits, I extend its use to matters which I do not understand’

\citep[p.~40; AT VII: 58]{descartes:1985_csm2}

Fourth Meditation

Ok, so now we get the picture?

The intellect is incapable of error (it merely represents).

Error occurs when the will affirms (or deines) incorrectly.

What should the will not affirm?