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Meditations of Rene Descartes

In six pages this essay examines the preface and each of the Meditations in terms of its primary points, the relationship that exi...

Third Meditation of Rene Descartes

In five pages Descartes' Meditation III is analyzed in terms of affirmations, denials, knowledge, and the existence of God. There...

Human Knowledge and Three Meditations of Rene Descartes

In six pages Descartes' knowledge philosophy is examined in terms of dreams and reality as it pertains to the principles he outlin...

Mind and Body in the Meditations of Rene Descartes

In four pages Descartes' contention that the mind is known more easily than the body is evaluated along with a consideration of th...

Sensory Perceptions and Meditations of Rene Descartes

In five pages this research paper discusses Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in terms of deductive reasoning and an eval...

Proving God's Existence with the Philosophies of Wittgenstein, Descartes, and Plato

argued that this is true, Plato, but let us bring forth two other philosophers to create a better atmosphere for this discourse. ...

Psychology and Its Philosophical Foundations

In five pages psychology and the foundations laid by philosophy are examined in a discussion of Herodotus, Socrates, Aquinas, Lock...

Skeptical Philosophy - An Overview

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at skepticism in philosophy. The skeptical writings of Montaigne, Pascal, and Descartes...

Contrasting and Comparing Descartes and Locke

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...

Philosophy and On Independent Thought Q and A

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

Epistemology and Descartes

might Descartes for example deal with the problem? A student writing on this subject will want to point out that the primary dilem...

Symbolism and Theme of Plato's Allegory of the Cave

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...

Excessive Skepticism and David Hume

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

Descartes and Heidegger in Samuel Beckett's Rockaby

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

Sixteenth Through Seventeenth Centuries' Scientific Concepts

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

Philosophy as the Practice of Death by Plato as Evaluated by Descartes

This research report looks at how Descartes would feel about Plato's ideas. Would he agree with Plato in his ideas about death? Th...

Phillips/Socrates Cafe

pundits or the mainstream media happen to be handing out at the moment. This is a process that rekindles a "child-like--but by no ...

Comparative Analysis of the Philosophies of Galileo, Descartes, and St. Augustine on Science and Religion

In five pages this report contrasts and compares these scholars views on science and religion. Three sources are cited in the bib...

Descartes and the Mind-Body Problem

ideas and moods. Also, the desire for immortality may be attached to the brain. This idea paints the human being as nothing more t...

The Existence Of God and Descartes' Argument

simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...

Reason According to Descartes and Hume

This research report looks at Hume and Descartes and their ideas about reason. It is claimed that Hume minimized the use of reason...

Anne Moody's 'Coming of Age in Mississippi'

This is a 5 page book review in which the author relates her own upbringing which is in sharp contrast to most members of American...

Adult Learning Theories, An Article Summary/Chen

This article summary describes a study, Chen (2014), which pertains to nontraditional adult students and the application of adult ...

Antitrust Issues and Internet Explorer of Microsoft

In five pages this paper examines the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Microsoft and issues regarding the Internet E...

Judaism in the Works of Franz Kafka

In five pages the ways in which Judaism ins represented in Franz Kafka's works are examined with an emphasis upon his story 'Metam...

Organized Crime Syndicates and Commercial Burglaries

but commercial burglaries are up (Star Tribune 02B). For many reasons, burglars find commercial establishments a better target th...

Greensboro Sit-Ins

turned into many as the protest continued for almost 6 months.5 In addition, it sparked many other protests throughout the South a...

Homeland Security, INS and Epidemiology

problems, but refugees are perhaps most at risk, since many of them "come from areas where disease control, diagnosis and treatmen...

Civil Rights Movement and Civil Disobedience

being obedient. As the key Civil Rights moments mentioned above illustrate, civil disobedience is characterized by an abs...

3 Questions on Philosophical Thought and its Effects

like the male philosophers of the day. She was the exception. While by and large, the people saw women as having a subservient pla...