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Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...

the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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. ...

at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...

They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...

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...

enlightenment philosophy? What form did those ideas take in classical criminological thought?" First, a look at each of the named...

This paper considers how Descartes used doubt to prove his own existence. There are three sources in this five page paper. ...

certain choices in life. They make communion and choose a new middle name. They go to school, and their degree is attached to that...

a thinking thing, or a thing possessing within itself the faculty of thinking" (Descartes, 1960, p. 7). The fundamental asp...

and balances helps to equalize what man truly knows and that which he thinks he knows - the very foundation for identifying weakne...

or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...

accept the cogito at face value. It is only after answering an objection, that he comes up with a conclusion, which is that while ...

awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...

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...

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...

Smarts philosophies regarding the correlation between brain and mind are supported by a number of historic philosophers and scient...