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Essays 271 - 300
Tis essay presents a summary and discussion of the perspectives presented by Rene Descartes in his "Discourse on the Method," part...
conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...
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...
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)....
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...
the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...
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...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at skepticism in philosophy. The skeptical writings of Montaigne, Pascal, and Descartes...
1585 The beginning rudiments of mathematics began practically at the beginning of mans reign on the earth. The first indiv...
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...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
"by posing the question in terms of relation between thinking subject, deity, and external world, Descartes made a purely epistemo...
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...
This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...
In six pages the philosophical and mathematical theories of Rene Descartes are discussed. Four sources are cited in the bibliogra...
occurred. One of the only things that one can find to argue about Locke is that he eventually becomes as inflexible as the rest o...
Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...
The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...
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...
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...
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...
that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...
highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...
one is not perceiving reality correctly. Yet, while all of these situations leads to a change in perception, who is to say that th...