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for answers related to existence or transcendence. Interestingly, many will read his arguments, which are admittedly logical and w...
cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...
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 ...
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...
that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...
until midmorning began as a result of his ill health (Gaukroger, 1997). The education he received here, which lasted until 1612 se...
at those responsible for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In other words, education is supposed to take a neutral appr...
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...
Therefore, realities for these individuals would logically be at a variance. Francis Bacon, considered the father of modern scie...
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...
capable of undergoing so many changes with regard to appearance, temperature, solidity and so on as to be rendered completely diff...
doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...
questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...
"by posing the question in terms of relation between thinking subject, deity, and external world, Descartes made a purely epistemo...
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...
This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...
The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...
Cartesian dualism is also known as the "mind-body problem" and establishes that there are clearly separate and distinct aspects of...
unique opinion about the theory. The author then indicates that "the Cartesian myth is insidious. It can assume many guises, an...
one is not perceiving reality correctly. Yet, while all of these situations leads to a change in perception, who is to say that th...
he (and humans in general) is(are) a complete entity, a "cogito" or "thinking thing" (as he clarifies in step 1), that entity is c...
In six pages the philosophical and mathematical theories of Rene Descartes are discussed. Four sources are cited in the bibliogra...
unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...
the dreaming argument is simply one concept that emanates from Descartes Meditations, but it has numerous theoretical implications...
Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...
we note that it "covers what we can know by Gods special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition)....
This research report examines ideas by Descartes and internal aspects of one's being are explored. True knowledge is one concept h...