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there is noting upon which the beliefs of an individual may be based and built or expanded upon. Descartes Meditations It is in "...

of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...

to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...

thing" sets the stage for each of his subsequent steps. In Step 2 he delineates his completeness into one of its two parts, the b...

it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...

who is a software programmer by day and a hacker known as Neo by night. Becoming increasingly disillusioned with his life, Neo se...

II. The Panopticon The Panopticon is an interesting model that had been created to foster the ideal setting for prison life. It ...

a desire to find out something that is known for sure. It is of course hard to know anything is certain. Some people today questio...

composed of those two forms from which they distantly derive." While this is only one small part of Foucaults work, it is clearl...

They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...

clearly defined socio-cultural parameters. Gauntlett (2002) states that in those societies where modernity is well developed...

down, in eating certain meats...in not celebrating certain holidays, etc.?" (1933, p. 72) While such prohibitions are common in ma...

prisoners when they went into the courtroom resulting in the death of the judge, the main perpetrator and others (CACC Newsletter,...

critics, his reputation and fame has never been truly compromised. He has added a great deal in terms of thought in a variety of d...

seems to be the primary tool, at least figuratively. It is used in the well known Panopticon paradigm as well. The Panopticon is ...

proposed prison design by eighteenth-century reformer Jeremy Bentham but what distinguished this structure had been an architectur...

In three pages this paper focuses upon the latter portion of Foucault's revolutionary text in an analysis of its contents. There ...

In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...

In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...

In four pages this paper examines how the 'dream demon' of Rene Descartes was perceived by philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau. The...

In fourteen pages this essay examines the perspectives of theorists and philosophers including Albert Einstein, Aristotle, and Ren...

In five pages this paper discusses how doubt and reality is understood by philosopher Rene Descartes with his argument flaws also ...

off in the matter of modern political philosophies, it is still important to question what is meant by "think" or what defines the...

This research report examines the ideas of the philosopher Rene Descartes and how he views reality. Is only the physical real? Ide...

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

In three pages philosophers Hume, Descartes, and Aristotle are applied to the concepts of man's nature, the existence of God, and ...

In five pages this report applies Rushdie's newness concept to gender stereotypes with an examination of Michel Foucault's The His...

In a paper consisting of five pages the advantages to personal and business relationships offered by eliminating competition accor...

In seven pages this paper discusses how contemporary society defines sexual harassment and considers how the law addresses victimi...

In this paper consisting of twenty pages questions regarding such influential philosophers as Robert Nozick, Mary Daly, the Stoics...