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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 examines ideas by Descartes and internal aspects of one's being are explored. True knowledge is one concept h...
In five pages this paper discusses the grounds for believing in God's existence by discussing philosophical interpretations of fou...
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...
In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...
In nine pages this paper examines the role of personal morality in attaching meaning to life in a comparative analysis of Meno and...
are comprised of. Dualism and Descartes Descartes believed that the two elements were mind and soul, or mental substance ("gh...
This paper considers how Descartes used doubt to prove his own existence. There are three sources in this five page paper. ...
or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...
perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...
the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...
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...
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...
1585 The beginning rudiments of mathematics began practically at the beginning of mans reign on the earth. The first indiv...
Smarts philosophies regarding the correlation between brain and mind are supported by a number of historic philosophers and scient...
and truth, Benjamin (2002) surmises how those who have invested both time and pains in its postulations should partake of a greate...
is an objective reality, people are basically defining what is real and what is not. Life becomes confusing. Loeb (1986) explains...
certain choices in life. They make communion and choose a new middle name. They go to school, and their degree is attached to that...
a thinking thing, or a thing possessing within itself the faculty of thinking" (Descartes, 1960, p. 7). The fundamental asp...
might Descartes for example deal with the problem? A student writing on this subject will want to point out that the primary dilem...
Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...
beyond their own myopic existence. Can conscious experience be separate from the brain, and can conscious experience wield causal...
is, therefore, to be perceived - that matter does not exist independently of perception. Inasmuch as philosophy is nothing other ...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at skepticism in philosophy. The skeptical writings of Montaigne, Pascal, and Descartes...
Some (not Descartes) focused on the fact that reality is mainly material - these are the materialists (What is Philosophy?). Other...
Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...
enlightenment philosophy? What form did those ideas take in classical criminological thought?" First, a look at each of the named...
way they are like human beings who are mentally handicapped. Animals have souls and are loving and lovable, but they do not have t...