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Essays 181 - 210
"I easily understand that, if some body exists, with which my mind is so conjoined and united as to be able, as it were, to consid...
entire world does not revolve around them? Descartess dreaming argument likely suggests more than ones inability to determine whet...
work on the dual nature of man, which puts him firmly in the camp of philosophers. But he also had a tremendous influence on psych...
the fire next to him. Therefore, he reasons that the effect, the idea of God, must have a cause in reality. Descartes writes, "B...
can help to guide the decision making and create a firm foundations that will help to ensure that the outcomes are the best possib...
also admits that "Effective inquiry is more than just asking questions," as a "complex process is involved" (Exline, 2004). This p...
the manner by which one point can be (mis)interpreted in at least two different ways is attempting to successfully isolate a singl...
fairness and justice (Rawls, 1958). Many of Rawls philosophies are reflective of those of other great thinkers who preced...
and generally run by fairly specific rules. This is necessary especially in a hospital -- for example, a surgeon just doesnt drag ...
a world in which there is much pleasure but the people are vicious, unless they derive pleasure from viciousness, which seems to 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...
is left out: herself. "Shine on me, sunshine Rain on me, rain...
This research report looks at Hume and Descartes and their ideas about reason. It is claimed that Hume minimized the use of reason...
making a new heading for something like "personal thoughts," and give your explanations within that category. I would place that ...
In twenty pages this paper examines the sensual world in a consideration of how time, memory, and perception are depicted. Ninete...
Images of sensual passion, nature, belonging, community, pilgrimage, journey, and exile that appear throughout My Antonia by Willa...
complex, contradictory, evasive, independent and liquid modernity . . . (that) . . . ushers in the Jazz Age" (Basu 93). The Jazz A...
simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...
In six pages this paper presents a fictional dialogue on philosophy between two people with one arguing in favor of sensual proof ...
infinite substance: God, "the universal essence or nature of everything that exists" (Wozniak, 1995). Spinoza (1997) persevered a...
are relativist ones" (Putnam as cited in Geras, 1995, p. 108). At face value, it does appear that Rortys ideas are not objective....
Professor Chisholm's argument and counterargument are presented in a paper of 6 pages that ultimately supports the philosopher's c...
being within society: "the proper excellence or virtue of man will be the habit or trained faculty that makes a man good and makes...
to hold property" (Child, 1990, p. 578). For him, it was an inherent and instinctive part of human nature. In Chapter 5, "Of Pro...
because although God has given man great riches, he has limited it: "The same law of nature, that does by this means give us prop...
of the tragedy is that it is connected with the heros activities and it emphasizes human vulnerability (2005). To Aristotle, trage...
between ethics and religion.4 Because this seems whimsical at best and cumbersome, even nonsensical at worst, Im very glad to hea...
correct them by illustrating how values are an integral component of personhood. Indeed, it can readily be argued how the concept...
In a paper that consists of eight pages Plato's interpretation of the soul and its parts are explored along with a discussion of t...
important characteristics of Platos concept revolve around freedom of will and ones existence. People have the power to control t...