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is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...

In five pages Berkeley's illusion concepts and arguments as represented in Principles of Human Knowledge and the Three Dialogues b...

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

In seven pages this chapter is discussed in terms of how the author portrayed the philosophical influences of such theorists as Hu...

In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...

awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...

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

experience, will readily be admitted with regard to such objects, as we remember to have once been altogether unknown to us..." (A...

essentially wrong is when words appear on his computer screen-something that should not happen-and hes told to "follow the white r...

logically be at a variance. So, for the person uttering the statement about the validity of the solidness of the chair, it may ver...

In six pages Rene Descartes' Meditations are used to distinguish between dreaming and the waking reality state. There are no othe...

until midmorning began as a result of his ill health (Gaukroger, 1997). The education he received here, which lasted until 1612 se...

significance despite scholarly interpretations to the contrary, because Descartes, himself, rejects this line of reasoning (109). ...

This research report examines the ideas of the philosopher Rene Descartes and how he views reality. Is only the physical real? Ide...

In five pages human perception and the theories connected with it are examined and then the perception theories of this trio of ph...

the mind" then "no physical thing exists outside the mind" (McGreal 252). Third, primary qualities such as solidity, extension, sh...

that the object of thought is capable of being. Hume understands that, quite simplistically, the soul is simply . . . the soul. ...

In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of David Hume and Thomas Aquinas regarding religion and ultimate...

in front of me and a keyboard at my fingers. Is the movement of my fingers real as I type these words? The possibility that perh...

top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...

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 contrasts and compares 16th century mind concepts of Rene Descartes and 20th century counterpart...

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 this paper contrasts and compares how this trio of philosophers perceived the soul and reality in a consideration of...

In five pages this paper discusses how Descartes' philosophy of reality is presented in the 1641 publication of The Meditations. ...

Durkheim believed that although society had come a long way in its progression, there was still a great deal of room for improveme...

In seven pages this paper examines the 3 Hylas and Philonous dialogues and what they reveal about immaterialism and the philosophi...

the considerations surrounding his concepts of the mind and he supports his contentions with direct demonstrations of the applicab...

Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....

it is also the case that in general terms, people seem to believe what they see. They do not see atoms and they do see a solid mas...