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"I easily understand that, if some body exists, with which my mind is so conjoined and united as to be able, as it were, to consid...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how this trio of philosophers perceived the soul and reality in a consideration of...
the fire next to him. Therefore, he reasons that the effect, the idea of God, must have a cause in reality. Descartes writes, "B...
the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...
do not assert any observation sentences (Yancy, 1995). And in fact, science and philosophy truly have a lot in common. Both scient...
He didnt believe that going to church necessarily related to a relationship with God. He felt that church almost got in the way o...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
In five pages the sense of wonder Descartes conjures in his Third Meditation regarding the existence of God is examined. There ar...
In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...
In five pages this essay discusses how rational foundationalism is explored by Descartes in his Meditations on the First Philosoph...
In six pages the proof Descartes offered that God exists is considered but other relevant issues such as why he would have been mo...
In five pages this report examines Descartes' First Philosophy regarding nature and God's existence as featured in his First Medit...
In five pages this essay discusses Descartes' reality in terms of deconstruction and reconstruction. There are no other sources l...
In five pages this paper discusses how Descartes' philosophy of reality is presented in the 1641 publication of The Meditations. ...
being and his conviction that he is in a certain location, dressed in a certain way, but then goes on to compare his situation wit...
In six pages this research paper examines Descartes' 'I think therefore I am' argument regarding existence. Six sources are cited...
doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...
is a rather immense task that philosophers have been dealing with for quite some time. The fact that no one can know the answer f...
the body dies (Island of Freedom, 2003). Although Descartes saw the mind and body as two separate substances and also having diff...
"wears" but has nothing to do with the actual internal identity of the individual. The British philosopher Gilbert Rye referred to...
This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...
believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...
Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...
that can render a thought or a concept wrong. One can do a study one day to prove that cholesterol is bad, and then another day, a...
unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...
He found that he could not believe in something unless its certainty was unquestionable. He only believed in the concrete, the po...
In six pages human nature is the focus in an overview that contrasts Descartes' philosophy with that of George Berkeley's with cri...
do know for certain that objects exist, we must know of them through the mind and not the senses (Important arguments ...). Desca...
In two pages this essay considers Descartes' doubt methodology as it is represented in this Meditation. There is no bibliography ...
In six pages Descartes' knowledge philosophy is examined in terms of dreams and reality as it pertains to the principles he outlin...