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This research report looks at the ideas of both of these theorists. Armstrong's opposition to Descartes' ideas is duly noted. Thi...
and change. He did not perceive the world as having changed greatly, but instead perceived the same world in a much different lig...
In ten pages An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke and Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes are asses...
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...
In five pages this paper discusses how the philosophies of Descartes and Heidegger manifest themselves in this short story by Samu...
In nine pages specific questions are answered regarding Aristotle's position on happiness, virtue, knowledge, and wisdom, and then...
In seven pages this chapter is discussed in terms of how the author portrayed the philosophical influences of such theorists as Hu...
able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatically programmed for response. The student might surmise that o...
In nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...
In five pages this paper examines life's purpose and God as represented by these worldviews with such works as The Antichrist, Med...
In five pages this essay argues that ancient principles were rejected by seventeenth and eighteenth century scientific breakthroug...
In five pages this paper discusses the ontological argument and its impact upon faith and religion with scientific philosophical o...
In six pages Descartes' arguments regarding reality and existence as revealed in Meditations are examined along with Searle's obje...
This paper examines the 'constant mental state' theory of psychology William James created to improve the theoretical limitations ...
In two pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes' theory on the dualism between the mind and body had negative consequences fo...
considering them in De homine, and proposing that there was some kind of interaction between the two, Descartes provided a more cl...
in the numbers of scientists and "practitioners" (cartographers), instrumentmakers, navigators, and so on), and the consequent cre...
significance despite scholarly interpretations to the contrary, because Descartes, himself, rejects this line of reasoning (109). ...
mind may receive sensory perceptions from the brain, but it is able to act freely, based on thought processes. While it may have ...
and space-- the factual historical figure and the imaginary Eastern mystic. Descartes criticism of Siddhartha One can imagine t...
off in the matter of modern political philosophies, it is still important to question what is meant by "think" or what defines the...
In five pages psychology and the foundations laid by philosophy are examined in a discussion of Herodotus, Socrates, Aquinas, Lock...
This research report examines the ideas of the philosopher Rene Descartes and how he views reality. Is only the physical real? Ide...
This essay addresses Descartes and the error known a the somatic market hypothesis. In this discussion, the writer differentiates ...
In five pages two of Descartes' arguments are analyzed in terms of the nature of object existence and the determination of dreamin...
(Anonymous The Philosophy of Ren? Descartes, 2002; phildescartes1.htm). In 1629 settled himself in Holland, a place which appar...
was changing in terms of philosophy. John Lockes The Second Treatise of Civil Government is rather compelling and in fact, free ch...
trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...
Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...
his previous beliefs had rested, since he intends to analyse philosophically whether these beliefs are in fact valid, and if they ...