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In six pages this research paper examines Descartes' 'I think therefore I am' argument regarding existence. Six sources are cited...

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

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

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

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

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

in order to establish a firm foundation of understanding in his or her life. In knowledge there is inherent value and wealth; dwe...

In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...

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

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

He didnt believe that going to church necessarily related to a relationship with God. He felt that church almost got in the way o...

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

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

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...

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

all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...

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...

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...

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

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

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

dominated by Aristotelianism (McMullen, 2002). Due to the dominance of Aristotelianism, the idea of mechanical philosophy did not...

They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...

occurred. One of the only things that one can find to argue about Locke is that he eventually becomes as inflexible as the rest o...

upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...

attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...