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Essays 301 - 330
In a paper consisting of five pages Rene Descartes' life, philosophy particularly Cartesian Dualism, and whether or not it is curr...
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...
(Anonymous The Philosophy of Ren? Descartes, 2002; phildescartes1.htm). In 1629 settled himself in Holland, a place which appar...
logically be at a variance. So, for the person uttering the statement about the validity of the solidness of the chair, it may ver...
upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...
their Doubts, and to confirm them at last in a perfect Skepticism" (47). Locke...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
function can be said to be literal. In other words, what is inferred in immediately testable and will hold true for every person. ...
conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...
do not assert any observation sentences (Yancy, 1995). And in fact, science and philosophy truly have a lot in common. Both scient...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...
going to equal seven. He states in his Mediations on First Philosophy: "SEVERAL years have now elapsed since I first became awar...
there is a universal perception of God, it is not proof that he does exist. Perhaps the most important part of Descartess argument...
thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....
idea that nothing comes from nothing. Reality in itself must come from a cause that is at least equal if not more so than its effe...
philosophy" was intent on raising philosophical debate above the aesthetic and theological interests which had held it captive for...
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...
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...
Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...
at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...
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...
the dreaming argument is simply one concept that emanates from Descartes Meditations, but it has numerous theoretical implications...
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)....
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...
unique opinion about the theory. The author then indicates that "the Cartesian myth is insidious. It can assume many guises, an...
cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...