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unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...

we note that it "covers what we can know by Gods special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition)....

The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...

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 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 ...

at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...

In six pages the philosophical and mathematical theories of Rene Descartes are discussed. Four sources are cited in the bibliogra...

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 ...

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...

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

the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...

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

Cartesian dualism is also known as the "mind-body problem" and establishes that there are clearly separate and distinct aspects of...

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 ...

for answers related to existence or transcendence. Interestingly, many will read his arguments, which are admittedly logical and w...

It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...

The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...

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

In five pages Descartes' philosophies regarding education are discussed and whether or not there is any evidence of them in the co...

This research report examines ideas by Descartes and internal aspects of one's being are explored. True knowledge is one concept h...

In five pages this paper discusses the grounds for believing in God's existence by discussing philosophical interpretations of fou...

In six pages Rene Descartes' Meditations are used to distinguish between dreaming and the waking reality state. There are no othe...

In five pages this report examines these concepts from the perspectives of Democritus, Rene Descartes, and Aristotle. Six sources...

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

In five pages Descartes' Second Meditation is explored in terms of his analysis of what the perception of melting beeswax would be...

beyond their own myopic existence. Can conscious experience be separate from the brain, and can conscious experience wield causal...

is, therefore, to be perceived - that matter does not exist independently of perception. Inasmuch as philosophy is nothing other ...