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conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...
that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
In nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...
In five pages this report examines Descartes' First Philosophy regarding nature and God's existence as featured in his First Medit...
In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...
is a rather immense task that philosophers have been dealing with for quite some time. The fact that no one can know the answer f...
image, a form, or a judgement, and concludes that an image or what individuals perceive as form can never be false. However, erro...
The revolutionary philosophy of Rene Descartes as it is presented within Meditations on First Philosophy is explained in an essay ...
Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...
In five pages Descartes' Meditation III is analyzed in terms of affirmations, denials, knowledge, and the existence of God. There...
In six pages Descartes' knowledge philosophy is examined in terms of dreams and reality as it pertains to the principles he outlin...
In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...
In five pages this paper examines skepticism, cogito, the truth rule, and the circular argument about God's existence within the c...
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...
cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...
the meditations is not to prove what they establish, but rather to show how the world of physics could be mapped reliably and inde...
conclusion that "a being than which none greater can be conceived can be conceived to be greater than it is," which is "absurd" (A...
Cartesian dualism is also known as the "mind-body problem" and establishes that there are clearly separate and distinct aspects of...
thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....
explain why this is so. Descartes also questioned the ability of a dreamer to know whether or not he is dreaming. Many people do a...
there is a universal perception of God, it is not proof that he does exist. Perhaps the most important part of Descartess argument...
the fire next to him. Therefore, he reasons that the effect, the idea of God, must have a cause in reality. Descartes writes, "B...
In five pages the sense of wonder Descartes conjures in his Third Meditation regarding the existence of God is examined. There ar...
In five pages Meditation I and Meditation II of Rene Descartes are analyzed. There is no bibliography included....
In five pages the First Meditation of Rene Descartes is examined in terms of dream doubt and how perception examples fall short of...
you either mistake it for something else, or you can easily understand how someone might come to do this" (89). In this way, Bouws...
In six pages the proof Descartes offered that God exists is considered but other relevant issues such as why he would have been mo...
being and his conviction that he is in a certain location, dressed in a certain way, but then goes on to compare his situation wit...
the ultimate good. If God has created finite spirits endowed with free will, it must be expected that this free will is going to...