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also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...
and philosophy have looked at such issues. Some contemporary philosophers claim that all things are really comprised of energy and...
"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...
In six pages Descartes' arguments regarding reality and existence as revealed in Meditations are examined along with Searle's obje...
In five pages this paper examines the French philosopher's text as it explains his approaches to recognizing knowledge that is 'tr...
He found that he could not believe in something unless its certainty was unquestionable. He only believed in the concrete, the po...
In five pages Descartes' Meditation III is analyzed in terms of affirmations, denials, knowledge, and the existence of God. There...
In two pages this essay considers Descartes' doubt methodology as it is represented in this Meditation. There is no bibliography ...
In six pages Descartes' knowledge philosophy is examined in terms of dreams and reality as it pertains to the principles he outlin...
In four pages Descartes' contention that the mind is known more easily than the body is evaluated along with a consideration of th...
In five pages this research paper discusses Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in terms of deductive reasoning and an eval...
In six pages this essay examines the preface and each of the Meditations in terms of its primary points, the relationship that exi...
He didnt believe that going to church necessarily related to a relationship with God. He felt that church almost got in the way o...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
examine carefully Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum" statement, which was the original Latin for "I think, therefore I exist" - or...
trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...
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...
his previous beliefs had rested, since he intends to analyse philosophically whether these beliefs are in fact valid, and if they ...
In six pages this research paper and essay considers how God's existence or lack thereof was argued by these three philosophers. ...
image, a form, or a judgement, and concludes that an image or what individuals perceive as form can never be false. However, erro...
In five pages Descartes' Second Meditation is explored in terms of his analysis of what the perception of melting beeswax would be...
In five pages Descartes' philosophies regarding education are discussed and whether or not there is any evidence of them in the co...
In five pages this essay discusses how rational foundationalism is explored by Descartes in his Meditations on the First Philosoph...
In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...
In five pages the sense of wonder Descartes conjures in his Third Meditation regarding the existence of God is examined. There ar...
In six pages the proof Descartes offered that God exists is considered but other relevant issues such as why he would have been mo...
In five pages this report examines Descartes' First Philosophy regarding nature and God's existence as featured in his First Medit...
In five pages this essay discusses Descartes' reality in terms of deconstruction and reconstruction. There are no other sources l...
In five pages this paper discusses how Descartes' philosophy of reality is presented in the 1641 publication of The Meditations. ...