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

He didnt believe that going to church necessarily related to a relationship with God. He felt that church almost got in the way o...

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...

trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...

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 two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...

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

it is thought to be an intuition in respect to "ones own reality" (2003). It is in essence "an expression of the indubitability of...

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

In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...

"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...

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

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

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

In nine pages specific questions are answered regarding Aristotle's position on happiness, virtue, knowledge, and wisdom, and then...

God is the world and the universe and it is just there. At the same time, he may be seen as both the cause of, and the universe, i...

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...

beginning of all things--the Buddha. And for those in a hurry --there developed the satori-- or sudden enlightenment. It was often...

Some of Aristotle's most famous conclusions are disputed in the dialogue contained within this six page research paper and such to...