Descartes tells us that he can doubt that "I am in this place, seated by the fire, clothed in a winter dressing gown, that I hold in my hands this piece of paper," because …
A) "I perceive so clearly that there exist no certain marks by which the state of waking can ever be distinguished from sleep."
B) "If I do so, then I am not insane."
C) "I might have been hypnotized by some evil genius."
D) "The results of physical sciences such as biology, chemistry, and physics cannot be applied to sleeping states and dreams."
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