YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :First Meditation of Rene Descartes
Essays 271 - 300
In fifteen pages this paper examines how the worth of Sigmund Freud's theories can be measured in these works by Virginia Woolf. ...
In eight pages Cleaver's text is analyzed in the context of the racial tensions that existed then and now. There are no other sou...
of psychology as well as the evolution of practice" (Resnick, 1997, p. 463). Psychology as a discipline has come to be an e...
consciousness where the mind is not aware of anything in particular. During mediation, breathing slows and practitioners tend to p...
disorders respond especially well to meditation as it lowers the levels of serotonin (stress hormone) in the bodys system. Other s...
controlling his temper, modesty, and manliness, he learned piety, abstinence, and how to live simply "far removed from the habits ...
fate, so sometimes it is hard to resign to a certain outcome. At the same time, there is the serenity prayer used in modern times ...
way they are like human beings who are mentally handicapped. Animals have souls and are loving and lovable, but they do not have t...
perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...
accept the cogito at face value. It is only after answering an objection, that he comes up with a conclusion, which is that while ...
it is also the case that in general terms, people seem to believe what they see. They do not see atoms and they do see a solid mas...
awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...
Smarts philosophies regarding the correlation between brain and mind are supported by a number of historic philosophers and scient...
experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...
and truth, Benjamin (2002) surmises how those who have invested both time and pains in its postulations should partake of a greate...
enlightenment philosophy? What form did those ideas take in classical criminological thought?" First, a look at each of the named...
yet highly controversial Theory of Evolution in 1859, a theory impressive in its presentation and scientific reasoning but unmista...
are comprised of. Dualism and Descartes Descartes believed that the two elements were mind and soul, or mental substance ("gh...
This research report looks at how Descartes would feel about Plato's ideas. Would he agree with Plato in his ideas about death? Th...
In ten pages this paper examines what philosophy represents as considered in Philosophy The Quest For Truth by Louis R. Pojman a...
In nine pages the debate between innate or native knowledge as espoused by Kant, Descartes, and Plato is compared with the empiric...
This research report looks at the ideas of both of these theorists. Armstrong's opposition to Descartes' ideas is duly noted. Thi...
This paper considers how Descartes used doubt to prove his own existence. There are three sources in this five page paper. ...
In five pages this paper discusses how the philosophies of Descartes and Heidegger manifest themselves in this short story by Samu...
God is the world and the universe and it is just there. At the same time, he may be seen as both the cause of, and the universe, i...
In five pages this paper discusses the grounds for believing in God's existence by discussing philosophical interpretations of fou...
In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...
Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
is, therefore, to be perceived - that matter does not exist independently of perception. Inasmuch as philosophy is nothing other ...