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In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...

examine carefully Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum" statement, which was the original Latin for "I think, therefore I exist" - or...

trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...

This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...

even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...

He didnt believe that going to church necessarily related to a relationship with God. He felt that church almost got in the way o...

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

the body dies (Island of Freedom, 2003). Although Descartes saw the mind and body as two separate substances and also having diff...

in order to establish a firm foundation of understanding in his or her life. In knowledge there is inherent value and wealth; dwe...

In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...

it is thought to be an intuition in respect to "ones own reality" (2003). It is in essence "an expression of the indubitability of...

"I easily understand that, if some body exists, with which my mind is so conjoined and united as to be able, as it were, to consid...

and philosophy have looked at such issues. Some contemporary philosophers claim that all things are really comprised of energy and...

the fire next to him. Therefore, he reasons that the effect, the idea of God, must have a cause in reality. Descartes writes, "B...

believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...

doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...

is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...

also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...

having been created by a supreme and ethereal being, whose own creation is inherent to that of all He created. Based upon his def...

"wears" but has nothing to do with the actual internal identity of the individual. The British philosopher Gilbert Rye referred to...

Many dream of flying the open skies. Commercial pilots do just that. They get paid for pursuing their dream. This eight page pa...

people are happy to work for practically nothing, low-skill labor is relegated to the food and service industries, which offer min...

tower under heaven, that I might heal/ each and everyone that shows awe of me./ Of old I was once the most bitter of tortures,/ ha...

In five pages this paper discusses how Campbell's text distinguishes myth through art and also considers such topics as dreaming, ...

give clues as to what is going on in the mind and the past of the person having it. She convincingly creates a context for dream s...

conscious mind. * _ The kinds of wishes that are fulfilled in dreams and why they are forbidden in consciousness. * _ Dreams and d...

In twenty pages this paper examines the nature of dreams in terms of Sigmund Freud's theoretical interpretations of them....

be issued an invitation" (Krahmann, Terriff and Webber, 2001). Despite the opposition, the U.S. position won the day (Krahmann, Te...

This research report looks at the ideas of both of these theorists. Armstrong's opposition to Descartes' ideas is duly noted. Thi...

of his faculties he created the hyperbolic doubt. Hyperbolic doubt is when one sets aside the information gained by any sense that...