YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Evaluating the Dualism of Rene Descartes
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In five pages this research paper discusses Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in terms of deductive reasoning and an eval...
In six pages this essay examines the preface and each of the Meditations in terms of its primary points, the relationship that exi...
In two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...
In six pages Descartes' arguments regarding reality and existence as revealed in Meditations are examined along with Searle's obje...
In five pages this paper examines the French philosopher's text as it explains his approaches to recognizing knowledge that is 'tr...
In five pages two of Descartes' arguments are analyzed in terms of the nature of object existence and the determination of dreamin...
In two pages this paper examines how the philosophies of these two theorists were influenced by history and their respective cultu...
In six pages human nature is the focus in an overview that contrasts Descartes' philosophy with that of George Berkeley's with cri...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how this trio of philosophers perceived the soul and reality in a consideration of...
He found that he could not believe in something unless its certainty was unquestionable. He only believed in the concrete, the po...
do know for certain that objects exist, we must know of them through the mind and not the senses (Important arguments ...). Desca...
the fire next to him. Therefore, he reasons that the effect, the idea of God, must have a cause in reality. Descartes writes, "B...
entire world does not revolve around them? Descartess dreaming argument likely suggests more than ones inability to determine whet...
believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...
Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...
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...
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...
unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...
cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...
work on the dual nature of man, which puts him firmly in the camp of philosophers. But he also had a tremendous influence on psych...
This research report looks at how Descartes would feel about Plato's ideas. Would he agree with Plato in his ideas about death? Th...
the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...
ideas and moods. Also, the desire for immortality may be attached to the brain. This idea paints the human being as nothing more t...
This research report looks at Hume and Descartes and their ideas about reason. It is claimed that Hume minimized the use of reason...
simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...
2005; Kirk, 2004). Kims Web site meet all of these criteria. Since June 1997, more than 451,000 people have accessed this site and...
Ophelia: More than Just Friends? A Palace Source Tells All"). Then there is also the almost-incestuous relationship between Haml...
In five pages this 1987 text is both summarized as well as critically evaluated....
be awarded the children they gave up for adoption. This meant that judges would award bio parents the children even though the chi...
The topographical features of these regions are evaluated in a paper consisting of five pages....