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In six pages Descartes' knowledge philosophy is examined in terms of dreams and reality as it pertains to the principles he outlin...

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

do not assert any observation sentences (Yancy, 1995). And in fact, science and philosophy truly have a lot in common. Both scient...

In five pages Descartes' Second Meditation is explored in terms of his analysis of what the perception of melting beeswax would be...

trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...

examine carefully Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum" statement, which was the original Latin for "I think, therefore I exist" - or...

He didnt believe that going to church necessarily related to a relationship with God. He felt that church almost got in the way o...

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

The identity concept is explored in this analysis of The Maids, a play by Jean Genet in a paper consisting of seven pages....

In five pages Descartes' philosophies regarding education are discussed and whether or not there is any evidence of them in the co...

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

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...

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...

even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...

This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...

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

all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...

unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...

that can render a thought or a concept wrong. One can do a study one day to prove that cholesterol is bad, and then another day, a...

This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...

believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...

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...

also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...

is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...

having been created by a supreme and ethereal being, whose own creation is inherent to that of all He created. Based upon his def...

is a rather immense task that philosophers have been dealing with for quite some time. The fact that no one can know the answer f...

whatever they become, defining their being through a projection of what they foresee of themselves in the future....

and philosophy have looked at such issues. Some contemporary philosophers claim that all things are really comprised of energy and...

it is thought to be an intuition in respect to "ones own reality" (2003). It is in essence "an expression of the indubitability of...