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

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...

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

with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...

of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...

explain why this is so. Descartes also questioned the ability of a dreamer to know whether or not he is dreaming. Many people do a...

The revolutionary philosophy of Rene Descartes as it is presented within Meditations on First Philosophy is explained in an essay ...

or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatically programmed for response. The student might surmise that o...

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

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

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

In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...

and change. He did not perceive the world as having changed greatly, but instead perceived the same world in a much different lig...

going to equal seven. He states in his Mediations on First Philosophy: "SEVERAL years have now elapsed since I first became awar...

obviously cannot be separated from the field of mathematics. How do the specific techniques and rigors of higher-order mathematic...

defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...

He asserted that evidence that God exists in a singular or plural context because it has become universally accepted as truth (135...

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

his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...

However, we can also argue that the proof f this truth made no difference to whether the belief was true, being true even before i...

"experienced" internally in some manner, as well as externally via touch or logical use of the item in daily living. In thi...

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

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

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

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 six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...

In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...