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In two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...

In two pages this essay considers Descartes' doubt methodology as it is represented in this Meditation. There is no bibliography ...

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

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 a comparative analysis of five pages John Updike retells Joyce's classic tale in a contemporary way with distinctions made betw...

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...

He found that he could not believe in something unless its certainty was unquestionable. He only believed in the concrete, the po...

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...

body but the are not only of the body ("Rene," 2005). The mind controls these things. Mind also cannot be "thought without it thin...

really know anything. People take things for granted in their daily lives and this is wrong. In any event, the dreaming argument i...

the body dies (Island of Freedom, 2003). Although Descartes saw the mind and body as two separate substances and also having diff...

"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...

it is thought to be an intuition in respect to "ones own reality" (2003). It is in essence "an expression of the indubitability of...

and philosophy have looked at such issues. Some contemporary philosophers claim that all things are really comprised of energy and...

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...

believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...

having been created by a supreme and ethereal being, whose own creation is inherent to that of all He created. Based upon his def...

also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...

"wears" but has nothing to do with the actual internal identity of the individual. The British philosopher Gilbert Rye referred to...

that when something powerful happens, it happens to white people in many respects. That is what gets the majority of the viewers t...

do know for certain that objects exist, we must know of them through the mind and not the senses (Important arguments ...). Desca...

the fire next to him. Therefore, he reasons that the effect, the idea of God, must have a cause in reality. Descartes writes, "B...

work on the dual nature of man, which puts him firmly in the camp of philosophers. But he also had a tremendous influence on psych...

entire world does not revolve around them? Descartess dreaming argument likely suggests more than ones inability to determine whet...

He had a good dream. Its the only dream you can have - to come out number-one man. He fought it out here, and this is where...

of this time was The Intervention of the Sabine Women (Olgas Gallery). And, interestingly enough, this was very political for it d...