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is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...
doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...
the circumstance. In other words, if something can go wrong with it, that sense is considered inconsequential to the final outcome...
it, these are all abstractions on the concept of the apple in the first place. These notions could not be made without the immedi...
thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....
Cartesian dualism is also known as the "mind-body problem" and establishes that there are clearly separate and distinct aspects of...
The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...
to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...
for answers related to existence or transcendence. Interestingly, many will read his arguments, which are admittedly logical and w...
It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...
it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...
is dreaming or not and finally, the last statement in the proof is a conclusion that says that he does not know whether or not he ...
unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...
we note that it "covers what we can know by Gods special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition)....
the dreaming argument is simply one concept that emanates from Descartes Meditations, but it has numerous theoretical implications...
he (and humans in general) is(are) a complete entity, a "cogito" or "thinking thing" (as he clarifies in step 1), that entity is c...
The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...
one is not perceiving reality correctly. Yet, while all of these situations leads to a change in perception, who is to say that th...
unique opinion about the theory. The author then indicates that "the Cartesian myth is insidious. It can assume many guises, an...
that the condition for being in a mental state should be given by the function of that state and also, this is meant to be in term...
thing" sets the stage for each of his subsequent steps. In Step 2 he delineates his completeness into one of its two parts, the b...
In two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...
In two pages this paper considers what impact history and culture had on the philosophies of William James and Rene Descartes. Tw...
In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...
In three pages philosophers Hume, Descartes, and Aristotle are applied to the concepts of man's nature, the existence of God, and ...
In two pages this paper examines that despite positive moral and religious consequences regarding Rene Descartes' dualism theory o...
In seven pages this paper examines the perspectives of this seventeenth century philosopher in terms of man's natural existence an...
In five pages Descartes' Meditation III is analyzed in terms of affirmations, denials, knowledge, and the existence of God. There...
In five pages Meditation I and Meditation II of Rene Descartes are analyzed. There is no bibliography included....