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might Descartes for example deal with the problem? A student writing on this subject will want to point out that the primary dilem...

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 ...

rising above childhoods of extreme poverty or abuse, yet cases do occur. James second argument in defense of free will point to th...

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

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

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 ...

her well-loved eyes" (Fitzgerald 111). As this suggests, Gatsbys many possessions and signs of extreme wealth are not important ...

the leading black American of his era, gave at a primarily white audience in Atlanta in 1895. This speech became known as the "Atl...

downers, screamers, (and) laughers (Thompson 4). Additionally, their arsenal against sober perception also includes "a quart of te...

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

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

know as the scientific method, which is still used today for ascertaining reliable facts about the natural world. To accomplish hi...

human senses can be mislead. This is seen when there are individuals close and far away, with the difference in size seen by the e...

little consequence when it came to the knowing the true nature of something. However, Montaigne seems to limit himself in that he ...

According to Descartes a human being used his facilities to gain knowledge of his own world. No one would particularly argue with ...

This research report looks at how knowledge is acquired according to these two theorists. A great deal of information is contained...

This research report compares and contrasts the ideas of these two philosophers. Linear deductive reasoning is examined along with...

In six pages the question 'Does it make any difference whether or not people have free will?' is responded to by this trio of phil...

In five pages this report contrasts and compares these scholars views on science and religion. Three sources are cited in the bib...

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

with most of the guests as a large part of his life had been shaped by political factors. When he was...

This research report is divided into three sections to explore ideas on this important philosopher. Various issues examined includ...

In five pages the issue of causality and its nature regarding human existence understanding are examined from the philosophical pe...

In five pages human perception and the theories connected with it are examined and then the perception theories of this trio of ph...

approaches to subjectivity have been characterized by an overwhelming modern anxiety not to be Descartes (206). Descartes pictur...

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

This research report looks at the ideas of these two philosophers through written works. Other works are explored such as those by...

expecting insurance money and all the characters have their hopes and dreams associated with it. One character who drives much of ...

"good" people of the country should think seriously about using infants at the age of 1 as sources of food and material. The entir...