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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...
Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...
upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
capable of undergoing so many changes with regard to appearance, temperature, solidity and so on as to be rendered completely diff...
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...
The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...
one is not perceiving reality correctly. Yet, while all of these situations leads to a change in perception, who is to say that th...
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...
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...
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...
to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...
This research report examines ideas by Descartes and internal aspects of one's being are explored. True knowledge is one concept h...
In five pages this paper discusses the grounds for believing in God's existence by discussing philosophical interpretations of fou...
beyond their own myopic existence. Can conscious experience be separate from the brain, and can conscious experience wield causal...
is, therefore, to be perceived - that matter does not exist independently of perception. Inasmuch as philosophy is nothing other ...
might Descartes for example deal with the problem? A student writing on this subject will want to point out that the primary dilem...
This essay addresses Descartes and the error known a the somatic market hypothesis. In this discussion, the writer differentiates ...
In five pages psychology and the foundations laid by philosophy are examined in a discussion of Herodotus, Socrates, Aquinas, Lock...
perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...
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...
able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatically programmed for response. The student might surmise that o...
In five pages this essay argues that ancient principles were rejected by seventeenth and eighteenth century scientific breakthroug...
This research report looks at one of Descartes' most well known theories. The basis of the Cartesian Circle is duly noted. The ide...
This research report examines the theories of Descartes and how knowledge and the intellect relate to experiential knowledge. The ...
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...