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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, ...

The Philosophies of David Hume and Rene Descartes Applied to the Abortion Issue

This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...

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...

'Descartes' Evil Genius' by O.K. Bouwsma

you either mistake it for something else, or you can easily understand how someone might come to do this" (89). In this way, Bouws...

Cartesian Thought and Gilbert Ryle

In five pages this research paper contrasts and compares 16th century mind concepts of Rene Descartes and 20th century counterpart...

Dream Doubt in the First Meditation of Rene Descartes

In five pages the First Meditation of Rene Descartes is examined in terms of dream doubt and how perception examples fall short of...

Schools and Reality Therapy Uses

Dr. William Glasser's reality therapy is considered in a research paper of five pages that focuses on the school applications of c...

Racial Impications in The Matrix

A 30 page analysis of this science fiction film. This futuristic film imparts a sense of reality that is enough to bring most vie...

Education and Virtual Reality

We now have another way to gain knowledge of the world, through virtual reality (Winn, 1993). Immersion in a virtual world allows ...

Appearances versus Reality in the Lomans of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

view. Wily Lomans life is riddled with failures, including the failure towards his family when Wily Loman has an affair, his work...

Social Reality as Molded by the City

urban phenomena as boulevards, wax museums, and the public display of corpses at the Paris morgue. Drawing on an immense range of...

Knowledge Creation and Tesco; The Successful Use of Technology and a Loyalty Scheme

1. Introduction The commercial environment is becoming increasingly competitive. Companies need to find ways of keeping and then...

The Depiction of Reality in the Age of Global Production

In all cases they may be seen as art that is breaking boundaries as they are seeking to break down social barriers and taboos, dea...

Comparing Macbeth and A Doll’s House and the Appearance of Reality

the way the authors developed the theme of appearance vs. reality in their plays, I was trying to show the distinct difference in ...

Comparing Othello and A Doll’s House and the Appearance of Reality

the way the authors developed the theme of appearance vs. reality in their plays, I was trying to show the distinct difference in ...

Beyond Virtual Reality in Entertainment

The drawback with the video option is that there is a delay in adjusting the image when the user moves his head; the drawback with...

Arguing Against Reality's Static Absolutism and Indian Philosopher Nagarjuna

with the absolute. Nagarjuna disagreed with this sense of absolutism. Nagarjuna philosophy can also be distinguished from mainst...

Quantum Reality's Eight Types

view, Everett had been trying to solve the problem as to why people see only one of the multiple states in where a particle can e...

Saint Thomas Aquinas on Knowledge

professor is a good example of the difference between intellectual knowledge and sense knowledge. To take that a step beyond, and ...

Knowledge Can Be Dangerous

the belief in those things that could not be seen, felt or proven by scientific means. Not content to blindly believe in that whi...

Roderick M. Chisholm's Knowledge Theory

In six pages Chisholm's theory of knowledge and the reliance on memory and the senses as sources of this knowledge are discussed. ...

Changes in Business Employee Hiring Approaches

for positions at lower levels and a wide range of costs is evident." Yet, unfortunately many Human Resource professionals overloo...

Virtues of Mind by Linda Zagzebski

combining the areas of reform epistemology, philosophy and psychology, with the intent to prove that intelligent virtue is the tru...

Knowledge and the Views of Plato and Aristotle

In seven pages the philosophical arguments by Plato and Aristotle regarding knowledge involves discussion of its source, acquisiti...

Knowing the Future by Knowing the Past

In five pages this paper provides support for the statement 'Without knowledge of the past, we would have no knowledge at all.' S...

What People in the Colonial Era Knew

Knowledge and learning were extremely important in America during colonial times. With examples such as Benjamin Franklin and Thom...

Justified True Belief as Knowledge A Philosophical Inquiry

develops his inquiry into the contention to see if it holds up to scrutiny: SOCRATES: And when a jury is rightly convinced of fact...

Cultural Control and Knowledge Workers' Research

seen with many of the older crafts, or knowledge transfer, though training (Polanyi 1973). This may also be seen as the acquiring...

J.B. Priestley's 2 Kinds of Authors Analyzed

this might be referred to as either daydreaming or free association, when the knowledge is finally told it often resembles what is...

Transforming Knowledge and Effective Writing

reader, but it is not likely if the writing is dry or bland. One has to wonder weather or not bland writing is sufficient or just...