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is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...
experience, will readily be admitted with regard to such objects, as we remember to have once been altogether unknown to us..." (A...
explain why this is so. Descartes also questioned the ability of a dreamer to know whether or not he is dreaming. Many people do a...
The revolutionary philosophy of Rene Descartes as it is presented within Meditations on First Philosophy is explained in an essay ...
Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...
that the object of thought is capable of being. Hume understands that, quite simplistically, the soul is simply . . . the soul. ...
other words, lets say that someone came along and said that the sky was falling and that it was a miracle! Basically what Hume is...
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...
In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of David Hume and Thomas Aquinas regarding religion and ultimate...
In five pages this report compares Hume and Berkeley in terms of their philosophies' differences and similarities particularly as ...
In five pages human perception and the theories connected with it are examined and then the perception theories of this trio of ph...
This research report compares and contrasts the ideas of these two philosophers. Linear deductive reasoning is examined along with...
In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...
human senses can be mislead. This is seen when there are individuals close and far away, with the difference in size seen by the e...
even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...
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...
In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...
ideas and moods. Also, the desire for immortality may be attached to the brain. This idea paints the human being as nothing more t...
simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...
In five pages the First Meditation of Rene Descartes is examined in terms of dream doubt and how perception examples fall short of...
you either mistake it for something else, or you can easily understand how someone might come to do this" (89). In this way, Bouws...
In five pages this research paper contrasts and compares 16th century mind concepts of Rene Descartes and 20th century counterpart...
In seven pages this paper considers Hume's compatibilism philosophy and offers criticisms to examine how his position could be mod...
In five pages Hume's attack on the self or personal identity is discussed as represented in A Treatise of Human Nature and also co...
thought and action are connected, bringing to mind the view of science and how it demonstrated the same evidence. Character...
In a report consisting of eight pages abortion is examined within the context of David Hume's utilitarian philosophy and Aristotle...
In three pages this paper discusses David Hume's philosophical belief that causation laid the foundation for rational belief with ...
In five pages this paper examines how David Hume's perspectives are addressed by Thomas Nagel in his arguments. Three sources are...
of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...