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examine carefully Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum" statement, which was the original Latin for "I think, therefore I exist" - or...

This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...

even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...

what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...

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...

In six pages this research paper examines Descartes' 'I think therefore I am' argument regarding existence. Six sources are cited...

entire world does not revolve around them? Descartess dreaming argument likely suggests more than ones inability to determine whet...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how this trio of philosophers perceived the soul and reality in a consideration of...

believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...

This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...

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...

do know for certain that objects exist, we must know of them through the mind and not the senses (Important arguments ...). Desca...

unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...

all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...

In two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...

beginning of all things--the Buddha. And for those in a hurry --there developed the satori-- or sudden enlightenment. It was often...

He didnt believe that going to church necessarily related to a relationship with God. He felt that church almost got in the way o...

do not assert any observation sentences (Yancy, 1995). And in fact, science and philosophy truly have a lot in common. Both scient...

In six pages human nature is the focus in an overview that contrasts Descartes' philosophy with that of George Berkeley's with cri...

In two pages this paper examines how the philosophies of these two theorists were influenced by history and their respective cultu...

is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...

also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...

This 3 page paper gives an explanation of how meditation can help healing. This paper includes the practice of meditation for heal...

and philosophy have looked at such issues. Some contemporary philosophers claim that all things are really comprised of energy and...

"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...

in order to establish a firm foundation of understanding in his or her life. In knowledge there is inherent value and wealth; dwe...

In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...

it is thought to be an intuition in respect to "ones own reality" (2003). It is in essence "an expression of the indubitability of...

apply to all of them. First, in the Buddhist tradition, there is no charge for any part of the program. Hosts not only do not ch...

body but the are not only of the body ("Rene," 2005). The mind controls these things. Mind also cannot be "thought without it thin...