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'Dream Demon' of Descartes, and Russell's Reaction

In four pages this paper discusses how Russell reacted to the 'dream demon' notion of Descartes, contrasting his perspective that ...

Analysis of Identity of Meaning Theory

In two pages U.T. Place is one of the theorists considered in a discussion of the Identity of Meaning Theory with a contrast of th...

Philosophical Comparison of Hempel v. Pierce and Blatchford v. Stace

In four pages theories of Hempel and Pierce are compared and contrasted as are those between Blatchford and Stace on such philosop...

'Self' and Existence

In six pages this research paper argues that essence is not preceded by existence with supporting philosophical arguments from Dav...

Context of 'Bel Ami' by Guy de Maupassant

In seven pages this paper examines the naturalist context of de Maupassant's text and whether or not Duroy had freedom of choice o...

Dostoevsky's 'Notes From The Underground' And Kirkegaard's 'Fear And Trembling'

This is a 2 part report that consists of 5 pages and first considers the freedoms depicted in Dostoevsky's text and then discusses...

Hume and Descartes

human senses can be mislead. This is seen when there are individuals close and far away, with the difference in size seen by the e...

Self Identity According to David Hume

and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...

Analyzing Michigan's Kalamazoo Asylum for the Insane

were sometimes locked away in unsanitary conditions or exposed to even harsher treatment. This situation was not to improve subst...

Intellectual Life and Material Conditions According to Immanuel Kant and Karl Marx

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...

Three Dialogues of George Berkeley

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

Voluntarism, 'I Think Therefore I am,' and the Meditations of Rene Descartes

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

Meditations on First Philosophy and Systemic Doubt of Rene Descartes

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

Film The Matrix and the Philosophies of Rene Descartes and Jean Paul Sartre

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...

David Hume's Philosophical Arguments on the Global Presence of Evil

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...

A Discussion of Christian Elements in the Epic Poem Beowulf, and in the Character of Beowulf Himself

the first great epic poems of English history is thought to have been written around the time of the first half of the 8th century...

Existence of Natural Rights

In five pages the existence of natural rights is considered within the context of John Locke's concepts and as they are manifested...

Smoking and Loss of Hearing Correlation

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...

Diet and Clothing in Europe and Spain of the Eleventh Century

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

EEOC Compliance and Red Pen Board Report

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

Distinction Between the Mind and Body and Sixth Meditation of Rene Descartes

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

Karl Marx and Economic Determinism

angle. The nature of man is generally self-serving. However, economics is not the end all and be all of social life as it was for ...

Ethics and Advertising

In a paper that contains eight pages the motive for the existence of advertising through profit and persuasion are examined within...

The Matrix Film and Philosophies

In five pages this paper discusses the philosophies of Locke and Berkeley featured in The Matrix film as they pertain to the mater...

Mental States' Presence and Artificial Intelligence

In five pages this paper considers a person with an electronic brain and whether that can be regarded as possessing a mental state...

South Africa, Brazil, the U.S., and Slavery

questions loom large. In the United States for examples, things have changed immensely since the days of slavery. At the same time...

Components of the Philosophy of David Hume

In five pages this paper discusses the religious existence of man and the causal relationships theory as they pertain to the philo...

Reality and Western Social Theory

In six pages this paper discusses how Western social theory can assist in the understanding of reality and existence. Ten sources...

Philosophy of Doubt and Renee Descartes

This paper considers how Descartes used doubt to prove his own existence. There are three sources in this five page paper. ...

Existence and Rene Descartes

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