Explain descartes method of doubt

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Explain Descartes' method of doubt. How does he arrive at and justify the cogito? Does his epistemology allow for certainty? Why is Descartes a modern philosopher and not a medieval philosopher? Why is he considered a rationalist? Why is he not an empiricist?

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