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"by posing the question in terms of relation between thinking subject, deity, and external world, Descartes made a purely epistemo...

of those objects were independent of his own thought processes: "I perceived certain objects wholly different from my thought, na...

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...

essentially wrong is when words appear on his computer screen-something that should not happen-and hes told to "follow the white r...

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

really know anything. People take things for granted in their daily lives and this is wrong. In any event, the dreaming argument i...

considering them in De homine, and proposing that there was some kind of interaction between the two, Descartes provided a more cl...

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...

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

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

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

Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...

In five pages Descartes' Meditation III is analyzed in terms of affirmations, denials, knowledge, and the existence of God. There...

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

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

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

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

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...

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...

the fire next to him. Therefore, he reasons that the effect, the idea of God, must have a cause in reality. Descartes writes, "B...

ideas and moods. Also, the desire for immortality may be attached to the brain. This idea paints the human being as nothing more t...

This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...

In five pages this research paper contrasts and compares 16th century mind concepts of Rene Descartes and 20th century counterpart...

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

In five pages this paper examines life's purpose and God as represented by these worldviews with such works as The Antichrist, Med...

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

In nine pages this paper examines the role of personal morality in attaching meaning to life in a comparative analysis of Meno and...