YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :2nd Meditation of Rene Descartes
Essays 331 - 360
is, therefore, to be perceived - that matter does not exist independently of perception. Inasmuch as philosophy is nothing other ...
In seven pages a Girardian perspective is applied to an examination of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. Three sources are cit...
Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...
he saw in a cartoon as a symbol of painting. He started brushstroke paintings in 1965, and he has been making sculptures since the...
It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...
of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...
attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...
at those responsible for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In other words, education is supposed to take a neutral appr...
occurred. One of the only things that one can find to argue about Locke is that he eventually becomes as inflexible as the rest o...
at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...
The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...
to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...
that the condition for being in a mental state should be given by the function of that state and also, this is meant to be in term...
one is not perceiving reality correctly. Yet, while all of these situations leads to a change in perception, who is to say that th...
with most of the guests as a large part of his life had been shaped by political factors. When he was...
know as the scientific method, which is still used today for ascertaining reliable facts about the natural world. To accomplish hi...
human senses can be mislead. This is seen when there are individuals close and far away, with the difference in size seen by the e...
chooses to present. In the following we note one particular focus as it pertains to divine knowledge. Maritain states that, "divin...
little consequence when it came to the knowing the true nature of something. However, Montaigne seems to limit himself in that he ...
This research report compares and contrasts the ideas of these two philosophers. Linear deductive reasoning is examined along with...
In five pages the issue of causality and its nature regarding human existence understanding are examined from the philosophical pe...
In six pages the question 'Does it make any difference whether or not people have free will?' is responded to by this trio of phil...
In five pages this report contrasts and compares these scholars views on science and religion. Three sources are cited in the bib...
This research report is divided into three sections to explore ideas on this important philosopher. Various issues examined includ...
In five pages human perception and the theories connected with it are examined and then the perception theories of this trio of ph...
approaches to subjectivity have been characterized by an overwhelming modern anxiety not to be Descartes (206). Descartes pictur...
This research report looks at how knowledge is acquired according to these two theorists. A great deal of information is contained...
This research report looks at the ideas of these two philosophers through written works. Other works are explored such as those by...