In Descartes' Meditations, his goal of proving the existence of things could only be achieved if he was logical, clear and correct in his thoughts and writings. The most important problems he noted were the threat of being deceived and the possibility of being incorrect in his judgments, both of which would lead him into error. Error exists as a problem that individuals encounter regularly, and it also exists as a focal point in Descartes' Meditations. Descartes defines error as “a deprivation or lack of knowledge which, in one way or another, should be in me.” As a “thinking thing,” which he defines as “a thing that doubts, understands, affirms, denies, wills, does not will, and imagines and has sensory perceptions”¹, Descartes must use his knowledge to the best of his ability. abilities. . In the mind, knowledge is managed by the faculty of judgment. This faculty includes the faculties of intellect and will, and it is limited by knowledge but impelled by will (Descartes, 41). Because of this conflict, we are capable of making mistakes – or coming to the point of being wrong. The first component of knowledge that must be examined is the intellectual faculty. The intellect allows us to think. Thinking consists of the ability to understand, imagine and perceive. Perception encompasses the ability to use the senses to form ideas about an object, while imagination allows one to create ideas and form new thoughts. When we imagine, we are simply inventing ideas that exist to be judged by the mind. Ideas do not have to be true and, therefore, cannot be false. We can have the idea of ​​an entity that doesn't exist, like a satyr or a mermaid, and that poses no problem. Simply believing a misconception is not a mistake. In the same middle of paper ...... can be free from errors as long as no judgment is made on matters that are not completely understood. As the intellect simply presents ideas in the mind, the errors made lie in its judgments and in the incorrect use of free will. It is important to be aware of the distinction between the faculty of free will and the actual use of free will, because the faculty is perfect but errors can exist in its use. The error manifests itself as a result of incorrect use of the tools made available to us, and it is understood that the error can be eliminated when these tools are used to the best of their abilities; any further use is clearly the reason we arrive at the error (p. 43). Work cited René Descartes, The Meditations, tr. John Cottingham, in The Philosophical Writings of Descartes Vol. 2, ed. John Cottingham, Robert Stoofhoff, Dugald Murdock (New York: University of Cambridge Press, 1984), p.. 19.