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In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...

are comprised of. Dualism and Descartes Descartes believed that the two elements were mind and soul, or mental substance ("gh...

In nine pages this paper examines the role of personal morality in attaching meaning to life in a comparative analysis of Meno and...

In nine pages specific questions are answered regarding Aristotle's position on happiness, virtue, knowledge, and wisdom, and then...

In seven pages this chapter is discussed in terms of how the author portrayed the philosophical influences of such theorists as Hu...

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...

This research report looks at the ideas of both of these theorists. Armstrong's opposition to Descartes' ideas is duly noted. Thi...

yet highly controversial Theory of Evolution in 1859, a theory impressive in its presentation and scientific reasoning but unmista...

In five pages this paper discusses how the philosophies of Descartes and Heidegger manifest themselves in this short story by Samu...

In five pages this paper examines life's purpose and God as represented by these worldviews with such works as The Antichrist, Med...

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...

rising above childhoods of extreme poverty or abuse, yet cases do occur. James second argument in defense of free will point to th...

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

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

accept the cogito at face value. It is only after answering an objection, that he comes up with a conclusion, which is that while ...

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

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...

They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...

at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...

occurred. One of the only things that one can find to argue about Locke is that he eventually becomes as inflexible as the rest o...

that the condition for being in a mental state should be given by the function of that state and also, this is meant to be in term...

one is not perceiving reality correctly. Yet, while all of these situations leads to a change in perception, who is to say that th...

The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...

to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...

Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....

capable of undergoing so many changes with regard to appearance, temperature, solidity and so on as to be rendered completely diff...

the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...