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

In six pages human nature is the focus in an overview that contrasts Descartes' philosophy with that of George Berkeley's with cri...

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...

do not assert any observation sentences (Yancy, 1995). And in fact, science and philosophy truly have a lot in common. Both scient...

cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...

all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...

highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...

the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...

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

that can render a thought or a concept wrong. One can do a study one day to prove that cholesterol is bad, and then another day, a...

unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...

Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...

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

do know for certain that objects exist, we must know of them through the mind and not the senses (Important arguments ...). Desca...

He found that he could not believe in something unless its certainty was unquestionable. He only believed in the concrete, the po...

In six pages this research paper examines Descartes' 'I think therefore I am' argument regarding existence. Six sources are cited...

being and his conviction that he is in a certain location, dressed in a certain way, but then goes on to compare his situation wit...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how this trio of philosophers perceived the soul and reality in a consideration of...

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

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

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...

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

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

is a rather immense task that philosophers have been dealing with for quite some time. The fact that no one can know the answer f...

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 ...

In five pages Descartes' Second Meditation is explored in terms of his analysis of what the perception of melting beeswax would be...

In five pages Descartes' philosophies regarding education are discussed and whether or not there is any evidence of them in the co...