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the guidance of peripheral forces. When one looks more closely at the nature of these two arguments, it becomes easy to see how f...

one may see it as quasi-scientific determinism. Yet, from a Western point of view, Buddhism is considered to be indeterministic (A...

Different theological philosophies attribute free will and freedom to different other theories. This paper explores libertarian fr...

infinite substance: God, "the universal essence or nature of everything that exists" (Wozniak, 1995). Spinoza (1997) persevered a...

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

way they are like human beings who are mentally handicapped. Animals have souls and are loving and lovable, but they do not have t...

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

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...

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...

do know for certain that objects exist, we must know of them through the mind and not the senses (Important arguments ...). Desca...

awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...

conclusion that "a being than which none greater can be conceived can be conceived to be greater than it is," which is "absurd" (A...

experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...

perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...

Some (not Descartes) focused on the fact that reality is mainly material - these are the materialists (What is Philosophy?). Other...

enlightenment philosophy? What form did those ideas take in classical criminological thought?" First, a look at each of the named...

work on the dual nature of man, which puts him firmly in the camp of philosophers. But he also had a tremendous influence on psych...

Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...

entire world does not revolve around them? Descartess dreaming argument likely suggests more than ones inability to determine whet...

Science. But the absence of humanness to the drawing does not make the picture less perfect. It may nonetheless be a perfect depic...

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

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

and balances helps to equalize what man truly knows and that which he thinks he knows - the very foundation for identifying weakne...

critics, his reputation and fame has never been truly compromised. He has added a great deal in terms of thought in a variety of d...

certain choices in life. They make communion and choose a new middle name. They go to school, and their degree is attached to that...

is an idea that makes sense. Descartes went the other way, contending that it is the thought process that defines the human being ...

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

of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...

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...