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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...

at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...

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...

at those responsible for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In other words, education is supposed to take a neutral appr...

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...

The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...

to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...

one is not perceiving reality correctly. Yet, while all of these situations leads to a change in perception, who is to say that th...

he saw in a cartoon as a symbol of painting. He started brushstroke paintings in 1965, and he has been making sculptures since the...

It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...

In seven pages a Girardian perspective is applied to an examination of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. Three sources are cit...

is, therefore, to be perceived - that matter does not exist independently of perception. Inasmuch as philosophy is nothing other ...

Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...

of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...

of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...

upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...

rising above childhoods of extreme poverty or abuse, yet cases do occur. James second argument in defense of free will point to th...

way they are like human beings who are mentally handicapped. Animals have souls and are loving and lovable, but they do not have t...

perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...

it is also the case that in general terms, people seem to believe what they see. They do not see atoms and they do see a solid mas...

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...

accept the cogito at face value. It is only after answering an objection, that he comes up with a conclusion, which is that while ...

awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...

conclusion that "a being than which none greater can be conceived can be conceived to be greater than it is," which is "absurd" (A...

experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...

Smarts philosophies regarding the correlation between brain and mind are supported by a number of historic philosophers and scient...

and truth, Benjamin (2002) surmises how those who have invested both time and pains in its postulations should partake of a greate...

is an objective reality, people are basically defining what is real and what is not. Life becomes confusing. Loeb (1986) explains...

and balances helps to equalize what man truly knows and that which he thinks he knows - the very foundation for identifying weakne...

or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...