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Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...
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...
cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...
highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...
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...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how this trio of philosophers perceived the soul and reality in a consideration of...
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...
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. ...
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 the sense of wonder Descartes conjures in his Third Meditation regarding the existence of God is examined. There ar...
He found that he could not believe in something unless its certainty was unquestionable. He only believed in the concrete, the po...
In two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...
In five pages Descartes' Meditation III is analyzed in terms of affirmations, denials, knowledge, and the existence of God. There...
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...
In four pages Descartes' contention that the mind is known more easily than the body is evaluated along with a consideration of th...
In five pages this research paper discusses Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in terms of deductive reasoning and an eval...
In six pages this essay examines the preface and each of the Meditations in terms of its primary points, the relationship that exi...
In five pages this paper examines the French philosopher's text as it explains his approaches to recognizing knowledge that is 'tr...
In six pages Descartes' arguments regarding reality and existence as revealed in Meditations are examined along with Searle's obje...
In five pages two of Descartes' arguments are analyzed in terms of the nature of object existence and the determination of dreamin...
In two pages this paper examines how the philosophies of these two theorists were influenced by history and their respective cultu...
also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...
having been created by a supreme and ethereal being, whose own creation is inherent to that of all He created. Based upon his def...
"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 order to establish a firm foundation of understanding in his or her life. In knowledge there is inherent value and wealth; dwe...