Essays 361 - 390
being and his conviction that he is in a certain location, dressed in a certain way, but then goes on to compare his situation wit...
In two pages this report examines the Empiricism characterized by the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and the rationa...
In five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Rene Descartes and Plato in a consideration of the mind and the soul, which ...
In six pages this paper examines an X Files episode form 1998 in a consideration of whether or not personhood can be experienced b...
In five pages this essay discusses Descartes' reality in terms of deconstruction and reconstruction. There are no other sources l...
In five pages this paper discusses how Descartes' philosophy of reality is presented in the 1641 publication of The Meditations. ...
The beliefs of Rene Descartes and other humanist philosophers are considered within the context of Turing's argument that a comput...
In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...
trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...
logically be at a variance. So, for the person uttering the statement about the validity of the solidness of the chair, it may ver...
function can be said to be literal. In other words, what is inferred in immediately testable and will hold true for every person. ...
(Anonymous The Philosophy of Ren? Descartes, 2002; phildescartes1.htm). In 1629 settled himself in Holland, a place which appar...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...
philosophy" was intent on raising philosophical debate above the aesthetic and theological interests which had held it captive for...
Rene Descartes' Second Meditation is analyzed in 5 pages with sensory information interpretation and truth the primary focus of di...
In six pages this argumentative paper examines object perception as represented by Rene Descartes wiht a discussion of physical se...
beyond their own myopic existence. Can conscious experience be separate from the brain, and can conscious experience wield causal...
is, therefore, to be perceived - that matter does not exist independently of perception. Inasmuch as philosophy is nothing other ...
might Descartes for example deal with the problem? A student writing on this subject will want to point out that the primary dilem...
In five pages Descartes' Second Meditation is explored in terms of his analysis of what the perception of melting beeswax would be...
the belief that God created all plants and animals, as well as the universe itself, as recounted in the Old Testament. Evolutioni...
there is noting upon which the beliefs of an individual may be based and built or expanded upon. Descartes Meditations It is in "...
8. In order to distinguish between the activities of God and the activities of created things, we must explain the conception of a...
think, therefore I am" (Frost 2550. From this Descartes reasoned a body of ideas that he did not believe could be disputed, as th...
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
"by posing the question in terms of relation between thinking subject, deity, and external world, Descartes made a purely epistemo...
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...
believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...
the circumstance. In other words, if something can go wrong with it, that sense is considered inconsequential to the final outcome...