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In nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...
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...
that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...
In five pages Descartes' philosophies regarding education are discussed and whether or not there is any evidence of them in the co...
might Descartes for example deal with the problem? A student writing on this subject will want to point out that the primary dilem...
think, therefore I am" (Frost 2550. From this Descartes reasoned a body of ideas that he did not believe could be disputed, as th...
trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...
philosophy" was intent on raising philosophical debate above the aesthetic and theological interests which had held it captive for...
In five pages this paper discusses how the philosophies of Descartes and Heidegger manifest themselves in this short story by Samu...
In ten pages An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke and Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes are asses...
In four pages this text examines Meditations on First Philosophy in an analyzes of the three doubt arguments Rene Descartes presen...
In two pages this report examines the Empiricism characterized by the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and the rationa...
In five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Rene Descartes and Plato in a consideration of the mind and the soul, which ...
In five pages this paper discusses how Descartes' philosophy of reality is presented in the 1641 publication of The Meditations. ...
In five pages this report examines Descartes' First Philosophy regarding nature and God's existence as featured in his First Medit...
In seven pages this paper examines the overdetermination theory in a consideration of the Marxist class concept with the division ...
In five pages this essay discusses how rational foundationalism is explored by Descartes in his Meditations on the First Philosoph...
can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...
also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...
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...
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
it, these are all abstractions on the concept of the apple in the first place. These notions could not be made without the immedi...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at skepticism in philosophy. The skeptical writings of Montaigne, Pascal, and Descartes...
cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...
led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...
his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...
what is not. Descartes method of systematic doubt is to "reject as if absolutely false anything as to which I could imagine t...
the fire next to him. Therefore, he reasons that the effect, the idea of God, must have a cause in reality. Descartes writes, "B...
pundits or the mainstream media happen to be handing out at the moment. This is a process that rekindles a "child-like--but by no ...
ideas and moods. Also, the desire for immortality may be attached to the brain. This idea paints the human being as nothing more t...