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In three pages philosophers Hume, Descartes, and Aristotle are applied to the concepts of man's nature, the existence of God, and ...
In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...
In two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...
In two pages this paper considers what impact history and culture had on the philosophies of William James and Rene Descartes. Tw...
In seven pages this chapter is discussed in terms of how the author portrayed the philosophical influences of such theorists as Hu...
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 Rene Descartes' Meditation II is examined in terms of the moral complexities of the philosopher's assertion 'I am, I...
This research report looks at the ideas of both of these theorists. Armstrong's opposition to Descartes' ideas is duly noted. Thi...
considering them in De homine, and proposing that there was some kind of interaction between the two, Descartes provided a more cl...
in the numbers of scientists and "practitioners" (cartographers), instrumentmakers, navigators, and so on), and the consequent cre...
In nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...
able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatically programmed for response. The student might surmise that o...
off in the matter of modern political philosophies, it is still important to question what is meant by "think" or what defines the...
mind may receive sensory perceptions from the brain, but it is able to act freely, based on thought processes. While it may have ...
This essay addresses Descartes and the error known a the somatic market hypothesis. In this discussion, the writer differentiates ...
In five pages two of Descartes' arguments are analyzed in terms of the nature of object existence and the determination of dreamin...
This paper examines the 'constant mental state' theory of psychology William James created to improve the theoretical limitations ...
In two pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes' theory on the dualism between the mind and body had negative consequences fo...
significance despite scholarly interpretations to the contrary, because Descartes, himself, rejects this line of reasoning (109). ...
In five pages this paper discusses how doubt and reality is understood by philosopher Rene Descartes with his argument flaws also ...
In six pages Descartes' arguments regarding reality and existence as revealed in Meditations are examined along with Searle's obje...
In five pages this essay argues that ancient principles were rejected by seventeenth and eighteenth century scientific breakthroug...
In five pages this paper discusses the ontological argument and its impact upon faith and religion with scientific philosophical o...
experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...
conclusion that "a being than which none greater can be conceived can be conceived to be greater than it is," which is "absurd" (A...
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...
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 ...
really know anything. People take things for granted in their daily lives and this is wrong. In any event, the dreaming argument i...
experience, will readily be admitted with regard to such objects, as we remember to have once been altogether unknown to us..." (A...