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entire world does not revolve around them? Descartess dreaming argument likely suggests more than ones inability to determine whet...

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...

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...

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

that can render a thought or a concept wrong. One can do a study one day to prove that cholesterol is bad, and then another day, a...

This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...

Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...

and philosophy have looked at such issues. Some contemporary philosophers claim that all things are really comprised of energy and...

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...

is a rather immense task that philosophers have been dealing with for quite some time. The fact that no one can know the answer f...

having been created by a supreme and ethereal being, whose own creation is inherent to that of all He created. Based upon his def...

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 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 five pages two of Descartes' arguments are analyzed in terms of the nature of object existence and the determination of dreamin...

In five pages this paper examines the French philosopher's text as it explains his approaches to recognizing knowledge that is 'tr...

In six pages Descartes' arguments regarding reality and existence as revealed in Meditations are examined along with Searle's obje...

In two pages this paper examines how the philosophies of these two theorists were influenced by history and their respective cultu...

In six pages human nature is the focus in an overview that contrasts Descartes' philosophy with that of George Berkeley's with cri...

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. ...

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