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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...

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

This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...

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

one is not perceiving reality correctly. Yet, while all of these situations leads to a change in perception, who is to say that th...

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...

perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...

awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...

in order to establish a firm foundation of understanding in his or her life. In knowledge there is inherent value and wealth; dwe...

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

it is thought to be an intuition in respect to "ones own reality" (2003). It is in essence "an expression of the indubitability of...

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

Science. But the absence of humanness to the drawing does not make the picture less perfect. It may nonetheless be a perfect depic...

certain choices in life. They make communion and choose a new middle name. They go to school, and their degree is attached to that...

a thinking thing, or a thing possessing within itself the faculty of thinking" (Descartes, 1960, p. 7). The fundamental asp...

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...

is an idea that makes sense. Descartes went the other way, contending that it is the thought process that defines the human being ...

and philosophy have looked at such issues. Some contemporary philosophers claim that all things are really comprised of energy and...

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...

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

2002) . Rene Descartes on the other hand delved into the idea of immediate conscious thinking (2002). Locke viewed identity as be...

are comprised of. Dualism and Descartes Descartes believed that the two elements were mind and soul, or mental substance ("gh...

In six pages this research paper examines Descartes' 'I think therefore I am' argument regarding existence. Six sources are cited...

the other mind theory. "...The problem lies in the belief that in looking for evidence of other minds, we need to start off from ...

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 six pages this paper examines an X Files episode form 1998 in a consideration of whether or not personhood can be experienced b...

The beliefs of Rene Descartes and other humanist philosophers are considered within the context of Turing's argument that a comput...