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one is not perceiving reality correctly. Yet, while all of these situations leads to a change in perception, who is to say that th...
The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...
to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...
The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...
It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...
awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...
accept the cogito at face value. It is only after answering an objection, that he comes up with a conclusion, which is that while ...
way they are like human beings who are mentally handicapped. Animals have souls and are loving and lovable, but they do not have t...
perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
it is also the case that in general terms, people seem to believe what they see. They do not see atoms and they do see a solid mas...
the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...
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...
of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...
capable of undergoing so many changes with regard to appearance, temperature, solidity and so on as to be rendered completely diff...
a thinking thing, or a thing possessing within itself the faculty of thinking" (Descartes, 1960, p. 7). The fundamental asp...
certain choices in life. They make communion and choose a new middle name. They go to school, and their degree is attached to that...
rising above childhoods of extreme poverty or abuse, yet cases do occur. James second argument in defense of free will point to th...
the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...
which he uses to argue that the senses are not based in the physical world. This is also supported by his argument that madmen may...
Some (not Descartes) focused on the fact that reality is mainly material - these are the materialists (What is Philosophy?). Other...
Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at skepticism in philosophy. The skeptical writings of Montaigne, Pascal, and Descartes...
1585 The beginning rudiments of mathematics began practically at the beginning of mans reign on the earth. The first indiv...
In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...
In ten pages this paper examines what philosophy represents as considered in Philosophy The Quest For Truth by Louis R. Pojman a...
In nine pages the debate between innate or native knowledge as espoused by Kant, Descartes, and Plato is compared with the empiric...
In nine pages this paper examines the role of personal morality in attaching meaning to life in a comparative analysis of Meno and...
In nine pages specific questions are answered regarding Aristotle's position on happiness, virtue, knowledge, and wisdom, and then...