YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Look at The Meditations by Descartes
Essays 241 - 270
It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...
unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...
we note that it "covers what we can know by Gods special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition)....
he (and humans in general) is(are) a complete entity, a "cogito" or "thinking thing" (as he clarifies in step 1), that entity is c...
In six pages the philosophical and mathematical theories of Rene Descartes are discussed. Four sources are cited in the bibliogra...
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...
unique opinion about the theory. The author then indicates that "the Cartesian myth is insidious. It can assume many guises, an...
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...
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...
In six pages this argumentative paper examines object perception as represented by Rene Descartes wiht a discussion of physical se...
In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...
In five pages Descartes' philosophies regarding education are discussed and whether or not there is any evidence of them in the co...
his previous beliefs had rested, since he intends to analyse philosophically whether these beliefs are in fact valid, and if they ...
what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...
is, therefore, to be perceived - that matter does not exist independently of perception. Inasmuch as philosophy is nothing other ...
the belief that God created all plants and animals, as well as the universe itself, as recounted in the Old Testament. Evolutioni...
In six pages the proof Descartes offered that God exists is considered but other relevant issues such as why he would have been mo...
In five pages this paper discusses the grounds for believing in God's existence by discussing philosophical interpretations of fou...
In five pages this report examines these concepts from the perspectives of Democritus, Rene Descartes, and Aristotle. Six sources...
This paper consists of 12 pages and concerns asking famous philosophers such as George Berkeley, Rene Descartes, John Wisdom, Davi...
In five pages this paper examines skepticism, cogito, the truth rule, and the circular argument about God's existence within the c...
In seven pages this paper examines the overdetermination theory in a consideration of the Marxist class concept with the division ...
In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...
In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...
The beliefs of Rene Descartes and other humanist philosophers are considered within the context of Turing's argument that a comput...
was changing in terms of philosophy. John Lockes The Second Treatise of Civil Government is rather compelling and in fact, free ch...
trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...
there is noting upon which the beliefs of an individual may be based and built or expanded upon. Descartes Meditations It is in "...
8. In order to distinguish between the activities of God and the activities of created things, we must explain the conception of a...