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perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...

is an objective reality, people are basically defining what is real and what is not. Life becomes confusing. Loeb (1986) explains...

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...

experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...

or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...

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...

and balances helps to equalize what man truly knows and that which he thinks he knows - the very foundation for identifying weakne...

It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...

The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

at those responsible for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In other words, education is supposed to take a neutral appr...

attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...

of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...

upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...

of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...

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

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

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...

able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatically programmed for response. The student might surmise that o...

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