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In two pages this paper considers what impact history and culture had on the philosophies of William James and Rene Descartes. Tw...

In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...

In two pages this paper examines that despite positive moral and religious consequences regarding Rene Descartes' dualism theory o...

In seven pages this paper examines the perspectives of this seventeenth century philosopher in terms of man's natural existence an...

argued that this is true, Plato, but let us bring forth two other philosophers to create a better atmosphere for this discourse. ...

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

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

This research report examines the theories of Descartes and how knowledge and the intellect relate to experiential knowledge. The ...

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

In six pages this research paper argues that essence is not preceded by existence with supporting philosophical arguments from Dav...

This research report looks at this ultimate skeptic and explores doubt and truth in terms of all intellectual propositions. Is Des...

This research report examines rationalizations used by Descartes and his own belief system. Various issues are explored and scient...

In four pages this paper examines how the 'dream demon' of Rene Descartes was perceived by philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau. The...

In fourteen pages this essay examines the perspectives of theorists and philosophers including Albert Einstein, Aristotle, and Ren...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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 ...

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

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...

do not assert any observation sentences (Yancy, 1995). And in fact, science and philosophy truly have a lot in common. Both scient...

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...

Therefore, realities for these individuals would logically be at a variance. Francis Bacon, considered the father of modern scie...

capable of undergoing so many changes with regard to appearance, temperature, solidity and so on as to be rendered completely diff...