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be beneficial in the long run. Do the ends justify the means? Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right or wrong, or what one...

In five pages this paper discusses the religious existence of man and the causal relationships theory as they pertain to the philo...

In five pages business ethics are examined through applications of theories by philosophers David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and John St...

and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...

there is continuity through time in terms of personal identity and her doubt about her own continuing identity is contradicted by...

examine carefully Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum" statement, which was the original Latin for "I think, therefore I exist" - or...

trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...

human senses can be mislead. This is seen when there are individuals close and far away, with the difference in size seen by the e...

what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...

image, a form, or a judgement, and concludes that an image or what individuals perceive as form can never be false. However, erro...

his previous beliefs had rested, since he intends to analyse philosophically whether these beliefs are in fact valid, and if they ...

In six pages this research paper and essay considers how God's existence or lack thereof was argued by these three philosophers. ...

In five pages Descartes' philosophies regarding education are discussed and whether or not there is any evidence of them in the co...

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 this essay discusses how rational foundationalism is explored by Descartes in his Meditations on the First Philosoph...

In five pages the sense of wonder Descartes conjures in his Third Meditation regarding the existence of God is examined. There ar...

unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...

that can render a thought or a concept wrong. One can do a study one day to prove that cholesterol is bad, and then another day, a...

This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...

Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...

cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

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...

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...

This research report compares and contrasts the ideas of these two philosophers. Linear deductive reasoning is examined along with...

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...