Essays 211 - 240
This research report looks at how Descartes would feel about Plato's ideas. Would he agree with Plato in his ideas about death? Th...
In ten pages this paper examines what philosophy represents as considered in Philosophy The Quest For Truth by Louis R. Pojman a...
In nine pages the debate between innate or native knowledge as espoused by Kant, Descartes, and Plato is compared with the empiric...
This research report looks at the ideas of both of these theorists. Armstrong's opposition to Descartes' ideas is duly noted. Thi...
God is the world and the universe and it is just there. At the same time, he may be seen as both the cause of, and the universe, i...
In five pages this paper discusses how the philosophies of Descartes and Heidegger manifest themselves in this short story by Samu...
In five pages this paper examines life's purpose and God as represented by these worldviews with such works as The Antichrist, Med...
yet highly controversial Theory of Evolution in 1859, a theory impressive in its presentation and scientific reasoning but unmista...
It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...
The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...
to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...
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...
of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...
that the condition for being in a mental state should be given by the function of that state and also, this is meant to be in term...
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...
at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...
one is not perceiving reality correctly. Yet, while all of these situations leads to a change in perception, who is to say that th...
a thinking thing, or a thing possessing within itself the faculty of thinking" (Descartes, 1960, p. 7). The fundamental asp...
certain choices in life. They make communion and choose a new middle name. They go to school, and their degree is attached to that...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
capable of undergoing so many changes with regard to appearance, temperature, solidity and so on as to be rendered completely diff...
of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...
way they are like human beings who are mentally handicapped. Animals have souls and are loving and lovable, but they do not have t...
Smarts philosophies regarding the correlation between brain and mind are supported by a number of historic philosophers and scient...
is an objective reality, people are basically defining what is real and what is not. Life becomes confusing. Loeb (1986) explains...
enlightenment philosophy? What form did those ideas take in classical criminological thought?" First, a look at each of the named...
Some (not Descartes) focused on the fact that reality is mainly material - these are the materialists (What is Philosophy?). Other...
Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...