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unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...

cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

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

do not assert any observation sentences (Yancy, 1995). And in fact, science and philosophy truly have a lot in common. Both scient...

highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...

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...

what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...

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

his previous beliefs had rested, since he intends to analyse philosophically whether these beliefs are in fact valid, and if they ...

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

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 this essay discusses how rational foundationalism is explored by Descartes in his Meditations on the First Philosoph...

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 Descartes' philosophies regarding education are discussed and whether or not there is any evidence of them in the co...

In six pages this research paper and essay considers how God's existence or lack thereof was argued by these three philosophers. ...

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 this paper contrasts and compares how this trio of philosophers perceived the soul and reality in a consideration of...

He found that he could not believe in something unless its certainty was unquestionable. He only believed in the concrete, the po...

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...

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. ...

In six pages this research paper examines Descartes' 'I think therefore I am' argument regarding existence. Six sources are cited...

argued that this is true, Plato, but let us bring forth two other philosophers to create a better atmosphere for this discourse. ...

In five pages Descartes' Meditation III is analyzed in terms of affirmations, denials, knowledge, and the existence of God. There...

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

In six pages this essay examines the preface and each of the Meditations in terms of its primary points, the relationship that exi...

In two pages this essay considers Descartes' doubt methodology as it is represented in this Meditation. There is no bibliography ...