philosophy

, I’d like you to write a reflection on only what we have covered up to this point in Descartes’ Meditations explaining what you believe to be significant about Descartes’ beginning with methodological doubt/skepticism, and this leading to the only thing that he can be completely certain about, which is of course that he exists since he is thinking.  Descartes’ motto is “Cogito Ergo Sum” or, “I think, therefore I am.”  Put another way, what is the significance of Descartes’ shift to the focus upon the epistemological foundations of our knowledge, i.e. our mind and its possibility to obtain certainty, and how can this be tied in with the overall modern period’s Enlightenment values, as characterized above?  Also, can this modern shift in Descartes thought be reconciled with his proofs for the existence of God?  Is Descartes attempting to provide a new conception and role of God in relation to nature/humanity, or is he just trying to appease the Medieval Scholastic tradition that he is ultimately breaking away from?  Bear in mind that this is not a reflection on Kant (we havent read him yet), or the Enlightenment generally