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In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...

This paper consists of 12 pages and concerns asking famous philosophers such as George Berkeley, Rene Descartes, John Wisdom, Davi...

In five pages this paper examines skepticism, cogito, the truth rule, and the circular argument about God's existence within the c...

In six pages Rene Descartes' Meditations are used to distinguish between dreaming and the waking reality state. There are no othe...

In five pages the sense of wonder Descartes conjures in his Third Meditation regarding the existence of God is examined. There ar...

In seven pages this paper examines the overdetermination theory in a consideration of the Marxist class concept with the division ...

Rene Descartes' Second Meditation is analyzed in 5 pages with sensory information interpretation and truth the primary focus of di...

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...

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...

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...

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