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

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

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

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

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

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

body but the are not only of the body ("Rene," 2005). The mind controls these things. Mind also cannot be "thought without it thin...

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...

really know anything. People take things for granted in their daily lives and this is wrong. In any event, the dreaming argument i...

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

"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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

entire world does not revolve around them? Descartess dreaming argument likely suggests more than ones inability to determine whet...

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...

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

stresses the importance of early relationships, as she perceived personality development as integral to the parent/child relations...

idea creates a "binary logic," in which evil is conceptualized as an "entity, a quality that is inherent in some people and not in...

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ideas and moods. Also, the desire for immortality may be attached to the brain. This idea paints the human being as nothing more t...

simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...

This research report looks at Hume and Descartes and their ideas about reason. It is claimed that Hume minimized the use of reason...

of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...

How evil evolved in Christian beliefs is the focus of this paper consisting of ten pages and how evil has changed in terms of soci...