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were distinguished in the nineteenth century with the "natural" sciences. To a great degree, James was attempting to create and/...

Cartesian dualism is also known as the "mind-body problem" and establishes that there are clearly separate and distinct aspects of...

in the end, a worse war swept into the South, full of empty promises for social reforms, which never materialized. For a good whil...

idea that nothing comes from nothing. Reality in itself must come from a cause that is at least equal if not more so than its effe...

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...

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...

1973, while at Harvard University, Gates and friend Steve Ballmer, now Microsofts chief executive officer, developed a new version...

guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...

benefits which had been gained from the experience, since this would be counter-productive in terms of the effect on the reader....

All of the study subjects were men who had been in the military for an average of 20 years. Half of the men had noise-induced hea...

inherent to the dominating castle. The pyramidal hierarchy that was inevitably created as a result of such exclusion was meant to...

In six pages student submitted statistical data is applied to alleged gender or racial discrimination with the Red Pen Board Repor...

be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...

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

that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...

the universe and the cells of life on the planet, it was assumed that this enormous and highly intricate mechanism had a designer ...

of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...

they are wage laborers or business owners. To some extent, Marx has a point, but only to an extent. Kant has a different take on...

Revolutionary War veterans but many were not, many were attorneys, many were not. These men comprised the volatile mix which was j...

conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...

at the bottom of the ladder, and humanity at the top, by virtue of the faculty of reason (Augustine of Hippo, 2001). After carefu...

the only expected trend anticipated to affect this condition is that it will continue to intensify. The globalization of business...

its advantages as well as its disadvantages. If we wish to consider the role of the World Trade Organisation we need to consider...

that sensible things mean those items or realities that can be perceived by the senses of a human being. Philonous states the foll...

thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....

to the bed and lay on it with my eyes closed. Now there was ice and darkness inside me. I could feel the cold darkness moving sl...

the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to...