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Meditations by Descartes, Skepticism and Science

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

Armstrong and Descartes' Views Compared

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

'Argument Against Skepticism' by John Hospers

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

Education Politics, Modernism, and Postmodernism

at those responsible for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In other words, education is supposed to take a neutral appr...

Philosophical Problems of Cartesian Circle

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

Philosophers Compared and Contrasted

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

'Dream Demon' of Descartes, and Russell's Reaction

In four pages this paper discusses how Russell reacted to the 'dream demon' notion of Descartes, contrasting his perspective that ...

Of Sound Mind and Body and Descartes

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

The Cartesian Circle

This research report looks at one of Descartes' most well known theories. The basis of the Cartesian Circle is duly noted. The ide...

Intellect and Knowledge and Descartes

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

Man's Soul and God Contemplated in Philosophy Essays

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

God and Nature According to Baruch Spinoza

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

Descarte & the Somatic Marker Hypothesis

This essay addresses Descartes and the error known a the somatic market hypothesis. In this discussion, the writer differentiates ...

Past Preconceptions Rejected by the Scientific Revolution

In five pages this essay argues that ancient principles were rejected by seventeenth and eighteenth century scientific breakthroug...

Personal Morality and Life's Meaning

In nine pages this paper examines the role of personal morality in attaching meaning to life in a comparative analysis of Meno and...

Descartes on Dualism

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

Knowledge and the Views of the Empiricists and the Rationalists

In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...

God, Knowledge, Wisdom, and Virtue According to Descartes and Aristotle

In nine pages specific questions are answered regarding Aristotle's position on happiness, virtue, knowledge, and wisdom, and then...

Chapter 3 of From the Presocratics to the Present A Personal Odyssey by Daniel Kolak

In seven pages this chapter is discussed in terms of how the author portrayed the philosophical influences of such theorists as Hu...

Mechanistic and Teleological Views of the World

In five pages this paper examines life's purpose and God as represented by these worldviews with such works as The Antichrist, Med...

Innate Knowledge and the Debate Between Nativism and Empiricism

In nine pages the debate between innate or native knowledge as espoused by Kant, Descartes, and Plato is compared with the empiric...

God As Conceptualized by Baruch Spinoza

God is the world and the universe and it is just there. At the same time, he may be seen as both the cause of, and the universe, i...

Armstrong's Argument Compared with Descartes' Metaphysics

This research report looks at the ideas of both of these theorists. Armstrong's opposition to Descartes' ideas is duly noted. Thi...

A Review of I Am Rene Espronceda de la Barca

A 5 page review of the short story that was included in the book And We Sold the Rain.The three mysteries presented by the author ...

Roy Lichtenstein and Rene Magritte's Art

he saw in a cartoon as a symbol of painting. He started brushstroke paintings in 1965, and he has been making sculptures since the...

Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov from the Perspective of Rene Girard

In seven pages a Girardian perspective is applied to an examination of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. Three sources are cit...

Descartes' Second Meditation

what state they are in. Here, Descartes distinguishes the mind from the soul. He writes: "It further occurred to me that I was nou...

Substance Dualism: Descartes, Spinoza and Berkeley

and escalate directly to the top to absolute knowledge. Step one in his groundbreaking compilation of scientifically conscious th...

Descartes vs. Russon

Descartes, of course, is remembered as the "father of modern philosophy". A rationalist, Descartes was particularly concerned wit...

Discussing the First Meditation of Descartes

Meditation, the three skeptical arguments are that one does not really know if he or she is dreaming, that one does not know wheth...