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programs (pattern recognition and others) to give the illusion of actual responses (Henig, 2007). This was disappointing to Henig ...

in Greece since 4 BCE, those who dared to doubt or who said it was okay to express doubts and questions werent held in high regard...

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...

which he uses to argue that the senses are not based in the physical world. This is also supported by his argument that madmen may...

Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...

the amphibians that are fortunate enough to survive will be battling against humans for natural resources. IV. The Amazon Basin A...

Some (not Descartes) focused on the fact that reality is mainly material - these are the materialists (What is Philosophy?). Other...

function can be said to be literal. In other words, what is inferred in immediately testable and will hold true for every person. ...

philosophy" was intent on raising philosophical debate above the aesthetic and theological interests which had held it captive for...

Tis essay presents a summary and discussion of the perspectives presented by Rene Descartes in his "Discourse on the Method," part...

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

1585 The beginning rudiments of mathematics began practically at the beginning of mans reign on the earth. The first indiv...

the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at skepticism in philosophy. The skeptical writings of Montaigne, Pascal, and Descartes...

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...

a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...

attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...

until midmorning began as a result of his ill health (Gaukroger, 1997). The education he received here, which lasted until 1612 se...

at those responsible for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In other words, education is supposed to take a neutral appr...

Therefore, realities for these individuals would logically be at a variance. Francis Bacon, considered the father of modern scie...

a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...

story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound ...

there is a universal perception of God, it is not proof that he does exist. Perhaps the most important part of Descartess argument...

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

as walking, so the theory is that he entered North America using the shortest and easiest route which would have been the land mas...

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...

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...

education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...