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a desire to find out something that is known for sure. It is of course hard to know anything is certain. Some people today questio...

we note that it "covers what we can know by Gods special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition)....

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

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...

"by posing the question in terms of relation between thinking subject, deity, and external world, Descartes made a purely epistemo...

questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...

Tis essay presents a summary and discussion of the perspectives presented by Rene Descartes in his "Discourse on the Method," part...

and civilization. This paper considers his works, his worldview, his influence on his most famous student, Alexander, and how he b...

defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...

Goldings Lord of the Flies, for example, gives a view of civilised society which is by no means optimistic. He takes a group of ch...

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

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...

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

In six pages this research paper and essay considers how God's existence or lack thereof was argued by these three philosophers. ...

his previous beliefs had rested, since he intends to analyse philosophically whether these beliefs are in fact valid, and if they ...

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...

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

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

In five pages this essay discusses how rational foundationalism is explored by Descartes in his Meditations on the First Philosoph...

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 report examines Descartes' First Philosophy regarding nature and God's existence as featured in his First Medit...

being and his conviction that he is in a certain location, dressed in a certain way, but then goes on to compare his situation wit...

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 this paper contrasts and compares how this trio of philosophers perceived the soul and reality in a consideration of...

In six pages this research paper examines Descartes' 'I think therefore I am' argument regarding existence. Six sources are cited...

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

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

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