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Essays 391 - 420
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...
questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...
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...
"by posing the question in terms of relation between thinking subject, deity, and external world, Descartes made a purely epistemo...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...
we note that it "covers what we can know by Gods special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition)....
the dreaming argument is simply one concept that emanates from Descartes Meditations, but it has numerous theoretical implications...
In six pages the philosophical and mathematical theories of Rene Descartes are discussed. Four sources are cited in the bibliogra...
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...
Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...
at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...
Proctor and Gamble pharmaceuticals are a lively division. This is a company where it was once the role of the sales representative...
picture" and not miss crucial details that can lead to positive patient outcomes is a question that has been addressed, to some ex...
do with anything. The popular theory of mind to some extent broaches the concept of personhood. There must be a person associated ...
conditions and development; contrarily, humanity may also perceive the world as a more direct understanding based upon their spiri...
and Shared Minds Implications for business are clear. All of these threads weave together in the effective organization to...
made quite the same impact as Hitlers oratory, personality and leadership. There can be no doubt that at the height of his popula...
the very opposite of democracy which strives for peaceful relations - evidenced by an absence of war and tyranny (Democratic Peace...
which seems to reinforce this notion. Contemporary philosopher and lecturer Jacob Needleman observes, "Money is like a mirror to ...
"one of the first" hed "seen with the new-style rotating gumball-machine light, so that fascinated me. Every morning, this red-fac...
he was, I never heard of his taking the least interest in me or providing for my rearing. But I do not find especial fault with hi...
that conscious experience is common at many levels of animal life, and Nagel (1974) uses the assumption that non-human animal form...
a bank customer "fills" his or her bank "container" or account with money. Much like bank accounts, students are able to receive, ...
home. On reaching the age of twenty-one, Kane assumes control of his fortune, but only one of his holdings has any interest for h...
a light philosophical manner. While their work entitled Figments of Reality is rather intricate but written in an easy to read fa...
Contemporary society is characterized by a common agreement that our society is in an upheaval. Opinions as to the cause...
The writer analyzes the book The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom, which argues that American culture is deteriorating....
In five pages this paper examines the relationship between the mind and brain in a consideration of UT Place and Herbert Feigl's i...