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Philosophical Problems of Cartesian Circle

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

Philosophers Compared and Contrasted

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

'Argument Against Skepticism' by John Hospers

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

Symbolism and Theme of Plato's Allegory of the Cave

attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...

Personal Identity of David Hume

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

Inductive and Metaphysical Skepticism and Meeting Their Challenges

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

Sensory Perceptions and Descartes' Argument

is an objective reality, people are basically defining what is real and what is not. Life becomes confusing. Loeb (1986) explains...

Body and Mind Distinction

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

How Benjamin Argued Against Descartes

and truth, Benjamin (2002) surmises how those who have invested both time and pains in its postulations should partake of a greate...

Anselm, Aquinas, Descartes/Existence of God

conclusion that "a being than which none greater can be conceived can be conceived to be greater than it is," which is "absurd" (A...

Philosophers on God's Existence

experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...

Charles Peirce's Account Of Truth And Reality In "How To Make Our Ideas Clear"

perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...

Hume's Ideas about the Distinct and Continued Existence of Objects

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...

Philosophy Topics

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

Did Descartes Question His Own Thought Process?

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

Roy Lichtenstein and Rene Magritte's Art

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 Review of I Am Rene Espronceda de la Barca

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 ...

Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov from the Perspective of Rene Girard

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

Evaluating Press Freedom and Responsibility

In a paper consisting of eleven pages a study from the 1940s that encouraged journalists to police themselves is examined within t...

Student Case Study on Evaluating Investments

In ten pages this student supplied case study provides a tutorial on such calculations as IRR, NPV, WACC, and costs of equity and ...

Evaluating Benefits of Ability Grouping Study Proposal

minority students may be hurt by tracking and that they had seen their futures determined for them by tracking systems. The author...

Reverse Engineering Current Provisions Evaluated

In ten pages this paper defines the concept of reverse engineering, discusses copyright considerations, provides legal examples an...

Evaluating the Fairness of Megan's Law

headline: "High-Risk Sex Offenders Identified: Post Reporter, 2 Ridge Residents on List" (Sheppard, 1997, p. 37). On July 7, Mei...

Evaluating Issues to Recommend Against the Cloning of Humans

many are negative. The concept of cloning only came to the forefront of public attention approximately thirty years ago. Even th...

Proposing Evaluating the Relationship Between Stereotyping and Academic Performance of Students with Disabilities

The processes through which they do so are standard in terms of physiology but vary according to such factors as the type of stimu...

Evaluating Decision Support Systems

In eleven pages a hypothetical banking industry scenario involving a decision support system evaluation includes a problem stateme...

Critically Evaluating the Hero in 'Beowulf'

In a paper containing three pages the discussion of whether Beowulf should be considered a pagan or Christian hero is presented. ...

Evaluating the Leadership of King Solomon

In five pages Solomon's leadership is evaluated in accordance with Machiavelli's assessment to achieve a positive conclusion. The...

Evaluating the Olympic Scandal of Salt Lake City

The scandal is evaluated in terms of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in this paper consisting of five pages with an inclusion of...

The Effectiveness of Periodical and Television Advertising Evaluated

to report (Tellis and Weiss 20. That study, which was conducted by Kanetkar, et al, found no main effect, but instead an inverse r...