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you either mistake it for something else, or you can easily understand how someone might come to do this" (89). In this way, Bouws...
In five pages Rene Descartes' Meditation II is examined in terms of the moral complexities of the philosopher's assertion 'I am, I...
He found that he could not believe in something unless its certainty was unquestionable. He only believed in the concrete, the po...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...
there is a universal perception of God, it is not proof that he does exist. Perhaps the most important part of Descartess argument...
thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....
This dissolution, first adverse, becomes a positive driving force which allows us to sway from crime, avarice and over-anxious car...
that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...
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...
which he uses to argue that the senses are not based in the physical world. This is also supported by his argument that madmen may...
demands of the world, which are often overwhelming, and get back in touch with their inner selves. This paper is not a "how to" es...
ideas and moods. Also, the desire for immortality may be attached to the brain. This idea paints the human being as nothing more t...
In two pages this essay considers Descartes' doubt methodology as it is represented in this Meditation. There is no bibliography ...
In nine pages the contemporary world is related to the Discourse and Meditations of Rene Descartes. Four sources are cited in the...
In five pages the First Meditation of Rene Descartes is examined in terms of dream doubt and how perception examples fall short of...
In five pages this research paper discusses Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in terms of deductive reasoning and an eval...
In eight pages this report contrasts and compares these various types of Buddhist meditation practices. Seven sources are cited i...
In five pages Descartes' Meditation III is analyzed in terms of affirmations, denials, knowledge, and the existence of God. There...
In three pages this research paper examines creative visualization, channeling, Shamanic Journeying, and T'ai Chi practices of med...
In forty five pages this paper presents a literature review in which the incorporation of eastern medical practices including t'ai...
essentially wrong is when words appear on his computer screen-something that should not happen-and hes told to "follow the white r...
what state they are in. Here, Descartes distinguishes the mind from the soul. He writes: "It further occurred to me that I was nou...
Plato and Anselm . He talks about seeking truth and wisdom consistently throughout the text. For Augustine, "Truth is one, and Go...
In nine pages this paper considers Zen Buddhism and Heidegger's teaching in a discussion of how meditation and its value relates t...
In six pages Descartes' arguments regarding reality and existence as revealed in Meditations are examined along with Searle's obje...
mind may receive sensory perceptions from the brain, but it is able to act freely, based on thought processes. While it may have ...
significance despite scholarly interpretations to the contrary, because Descartes, himself, rejects this line of reasoning (109). ...
In one page this paper examines how daily life can be transcended through meditation with the Buddhist example of Prince Siddharth...
approaches that are specifically utilized to improve health, the percentage of Americans relying on CAM jumps to sixty-two percent...