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the dreaming argument is simply one concept that emanates from Descartes Meditations, but it has numerous theoretical implications...

"by posing the question in terms of relation between thinking subject, deity, and external world, Descartes made a purely epistemo...

be deceiving. This is his first error, but we can guard against it be not placing "absolute confidence in that by which we have e...

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

is an objective reality, people are basically defining what is real and what is not. Life becomes confusing. Loeb (1986) explains...

In five pages Descartes' Second Meditation is explored in terms of his analysis of what the perception of melting beeswax would be...

In six pages this argumentative paper examines object perception as represented by Rene Descartes wiht a discussion of physical se...

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

This paper consists of 12 pages and concerns asking famous philosophers such as George Berkeley, Rene Descartes, John Wisdom, Davi...

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

In five pages this essay discusses Descartes' reality in terms of deconstruction and reconstruction. There are no other sources l...

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

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

In six pages this essay examines the preface and each of the Meditations in terms of its primary points, the relationship that exi...

Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...

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

In four pages Descartes' contention that the mind is known more easily than the body is evaluated along with a consideration of th...

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

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 this paper examines the French philosopher's text as it explains his approaches to recognizing knowledge that is 'tr...

In five pages two of Descartes' arguments are analyzed in terms of the nature of object existence and the determination of dreamin...

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

doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...

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...

highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...

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

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

ideas and moods. Also, the desire for immortality may be attached to the brain. This idea paints the human being as nothing more t...

This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...

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