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According to Descartes a human being used his facilities to gain knowledge of his own world. No one would particularly argue with ...
karmic retribution. Zen Buddhists believe that karmic actions result in reincarnation, and that "ones circumstances are the suita...
& of themselves... the mind in & of itself... mental qualities in & of themselves -- ardent, alert, & mindful -- putting aside gre...
a desire to find out something that is known for sure. It is of course hard to know anything is certain. Some people today questio...
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)....
This dissolution, first adverse, becomes a positive driving force which allows us to sway from crime, avarice and over-anxious car...
that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...
conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
might Descartes for example deal with the problem? A student writing on this subject will want to point out that the primary dilem...
that there are some tips toward combating stress and its effect on the human body. Taking time out each day to perform stress-bust...
to be" (Nozick 22). After first acknowledging that connections with others are crucial throughout life and comforting at its end...
known. Basically, Descartes questions whether or not someone is dreaming. If one is dreaming, they sometimes believe that they are...
really know anything. People take things for granted in their daily lives and this is wrong. In any event, the dreaming argument i...
be deceiving. This is his first error, but we can guard against it be not placing "absolute confidence in that by which we have e...
help each other by merely listening and offering words of encouragement. My psychologist friend firmly believed that lifestyle ch...
of those objects were independent of his own thought processes: "I perceived certain objects wholly different from my thought, na...
is indicative of REM sleep. If one has reached Stage IV, it is indicative that one will shortly be entering the REM stage where d...
what can be seen or proven. While Melissa could surely use the argument in her defense as if the body is separate from the soul...
In six pages Descartes' arguments regarding reality and existence as revealed in Meditations are examined along with Searle's obje...
In nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...
significance despite scholarly interpretations to the contrary, because Descartes, himself, rejects this line of reasoning (109). ...
mind may receive sensory perceptions from the brain, but it is able to act freely, based on thought processes. While it may have ...
In one page this paper examines how daily life can be transcended through meditation with the Buddhist example of Prince Siddharth...
In nine pages this paper considers Zen Buddhism and Heidegger's teaching in a discussion of how meditation and its value relates t...
In three pages this research paper examines creative visualization, channeling, Shamanic Journeying, and T'ai Chi practices of med...
In forty five pages this paper presents a literature review in which the incorporation of eastern medical practices including t'ai...
In eight pages this report contrasts and compares these various types of Buddhist meditation practices. Seven sources are cited i...
In five pages Descartes' Meditation III is analyzed in terms of affirmations, denials, knowledge, and the existence of God. There...