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Rene Descartes, Philosophy and Psychology

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...

Knowledge and the Philosophies of Immanuel Kant, David Hume, Baruch Spinoza, and Rene Descartes

In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...

Epistemology and Rene Descartes

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

God According to Jean Paul Sartre, Immanuel Kant, and Rene Descartes

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

Melting Beeswax and the Philosophy of Rene Descartes

In five pages Descartes' Second Meditation is explored in terms of his analysis of what the perception of melting beeswax would be...

Educational Philosophies of Rene Descartes

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

Martin Luther King Jr. and Rene Descartes on Skepticism

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

The Physical Realm According to Rene Descartes

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

Reality Struggles of Rene Descartes, George Berkeley, and David Hume

even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...

The Philosophies of David Hume and Rene Descartes Applied to the Abortion Issue

This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...

Philosophy According to Rene Descartes and Plato

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

Perspectives of Rene Descartes and Aristotle

believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...

Rene Descartes and Dualism

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

Rene Descartes and Aristotle on Knowledge

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

Dreaming Argument of Rene Descartes Analyzed by Norman Malcolm

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

Doubt Philosophy of Rene Descartes

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

Overview of Jibber Jabber

In five pages things that have no meaning are discussed....

Morality and Knowledge According to Friedrich Nietzsche, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Rene Descartes

all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...

Human Nature as Perceived by Rene Descartes

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

How Culture and History Influenced the Philosophical Perspectives of William James and Rene Descartes

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

Rene Descartes, Aristotle, and Plato on Reality and the Soul

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

Skeptical Challenge and 'Meditation' Argument of Rene Descartes

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

Rene Descartes' First and Second Meditations

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...

Meditations on First Philosophy and the Logic of Rene Descartes

In five pages this essay discusses Descartes' reality in terms of deconstruction and reconstruction. There are no other sources l...

Reality According to the Philosophy of Rene 'I Think, Therefore I Am' Descartes

In five pages this paper discusses how Descartes' philosophy of reality is presented in the 1641 publication of The Meditations. ...

Meditation on Knowledge and Philosophy of Rene Descartes

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

Human Knowledge and Three Meditations of Rene Descartes

In six pages Descartes' knowledge philosophy is examined in terms of dreams and reality as it pertains to the principles he outlin...

Mind and Body in the Meditations of Rene Descartes

In four pages Descartes' contention that the mind is known more easily than the body is evaluated along with a consideration of th...

Sensory Perceptions and Meditations of Rene Descartes

In five pages this research paper discusses Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in terms of deductive reasoning and an eval...

Meditations of Rene Descartes

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