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the only ones allowed to have money, only serve to reinforce the institutions which helped them rise to power in the first place. ...

as having input and value that can be added, rather than simply in the hiring and firing function that was associated with personn...

nature of human thought. Kants stance is extremely rational. However, some of his maxims prove to be unworkable in regards to ce...

happy married life. However, Siddhartha Gotama started to question what he observed in the world. At the time, it was accepted tha...

really know anything. People take things for granted in their daily lives and this is wrong. In any event, the dreaming argument i...

based solely upon interpretive existence: 1) For an ordinary physical object (such as a tree) to really exist is for it to exist e...

Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...

"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....

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...

there is a universal perception of God, it is not proof that he does exist. Perhaps the most important part of Descartess argument...

thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....

idea that nothing comes from nothing. Reality in itself must come from a cause that is at least equal if not more so than its effe...

the dreaming argument is simply one concept that emanates from Descartes Meditations, but it has numerous theoretical implications...

cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...

is dreaming or not and finally, the last statement in the proof is a conclusion that says that he does not know whether or not he ...

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

In five pages this paper examines skepticism, cogito, the truth rule, and the circular argument about God's existence within the c...

In six pages this argumentative paper examines object perception as represented by Rene Descartes wiht a discussion of physical se...

image, a form, or a judgement, and concludes that an image or what individuals perceive as form can never be false. However, erro...

are comprised of. Dualism and Descartes Descartes believed that the two elements were mind and soul, or mental substance ("gh...

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

The beliefs of Rene Descartes and other humanist philosophers are considered within the context of Turing's argument that a comput...

the fire next to him. Therefore, he reasons that the effect, the idea of God, must have a cause in reality. Descartes writes, "B...

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

In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...

In seven pages this paper examines the perspectives of this seventeenth century philosopher in terms of man's natural existence an...

In six pages this research paper argues that essence is not preceded by existence with supporting philosophical arguments from Dav...

In five pages two of Descartes' arguments are analyzed in terms of the nature of object existence and the determination of dreamin...

In five pages this paper discusses the ontological argument and its impact upon faith and religion with scientific philosophical o...