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the dreaming argument is simply one concept that emanates from Descartes Meditations, but it has numerous theoretical implications...

of those objects were independent of his own thought processes: "I perceived certain objects wholly different from my thought, na...

be deceiving. This is his first error, but we can guard against it be not placing "absolute confidence in that by which we have e...

essentially wrong is when words appear on his computer screen-something that should not happen-and hes told to "follow the white r...

the fire next to him. Therefore, he reasons that the effect, the idea of God, must have a cause in reality. Descartes writes, "B...

really know anything. People take things for granted in their daily lives and this is wrong. In any event, the dreaming argument i...

cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...

highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...

the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...

In four pages Descartes' contention that the mind is known more easily than the body is evaluated along with a consideration of th...

In five pages this research paper discusses Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in terms of deductive reasoning and an eval...

Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...

In five pages Descartes' Meditation III is analyzed in terms of affirmations, denials, knowledge, and the existence of God. There...

In six pages this essay examines the preface and each of the Meditations in terms of its primary points, the relationship that exi...

In two pages this essay considers Descartes' doubt methodology as it is represented in this Meditation. There is no bibliography ...

He found that he could not believe in something unless its certainty was unquestionable. He only believed in the concrete, the po...

In five pages two of Descartes' arguments are analyzed in terms of the nature of object existence and the determination of dreamin...

In five pages this paper examines the French philosopher's text as it explains his approaches to recognizing knowledge that is 'tr...

image, a form, or a judgement, and concludes that an image or what individuals perceive as form can never be false. However, erro...

In five pages this essay discusses Descartes' reality in terms of deconstruction and reconstruction. There are no other sources l...

In five pages the sense of wonder Descartes conjures in his Third Meditation regarding the existence of God is examined. There ar...

In five pages this paper examines life's purpose and God as represented by these worldviews with such works as The Antichrist, Med...

In six pages this argumentative paper examines object perception as represented by Rene Descartes wiht a discussion of physical se...

ideas and moods. Also, the desire for immortality may be attached to the brain. This idea paints the human being as nothing more t...

This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...

In five pages this research paper contrasts and compares 16th century mind concepts of Rene Descartes and 20th century counterpart...

and a pragmatic one. From its inception, the Constitutional Convention was more concerned with economics than ideals. The majori...

which he uses to argue that the senses are not based in the physical world. This is also supported by his argument that madmen may...