 These examples show that enumeration both orders and enables Descartes to solve a variety of problems in Meditations (see  Section 2.4  above and Dubouclez 2013: 307–331). Intuition and deduction are mobilized only after enumeration has prepared the way. Descartes effectively deals with a series of imperfectly understood problems in Meditations, and he solves these problems by means of three operations: enumeration (principally enumeration2–4), intuition, and deduction.