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This research report examines the ideas of the philosopher Rene Descartes and how he views reality. Is only the physical real? Ide...

in the numbers of scientists and "practitioners" (cartographers), instrumentmakers, navigators, and so on), and the consequent cre...

off in the matter of modern political philosophies, it is still important to question what is meant by "think" or what defines the...

This paper examines the 'constant mental state' theory of psychology William James created to improve the theoretical limitations ...

In two pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes' theory on the dualism between the mind and body had negative consequences fo...

In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...

In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...

In two pages this paper examines that despite positive moral and religious consequences regarding Rene Descartes' dualism theory o...

In six pages this research paper argues that essence is not preceded by existence with supporting philosophical arguments from Dav...

In a paper consisting of five pages Rene Descartes' life, philosophy particularly Cartesian Dualism, and whether or not it is curr...

In four pages this paper examines how the 'dream demon' of Rene Descartes was perceived by philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau. The...

In fourteen pages this essay examines the perspectives of theorists and philosophers including Albert Einstein, Aristotle, and Ren...

In two pages this paper considers what impact history and culture had on the philosophies of William James and Rene Descartes. Tw...

In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...

defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...

Goldings Lord of the Flies, for example, gives a view of civilised society which is by no means optimistic. He takes a group of ch...

Meditation, the three skeptical arguments are that one does not really know if he or she is dreaming, that one does not know wheth...

This research report examines ideas by Descartes and internal aspects of one's being are explored. True knowledge is one concept h...

According to Descartes a human being used his facilities to gain knowledge of his own world. No one would particularly argue with ...

of his faculties he created the hyperbolic doubt. Hyperbolic doubt is when one sets aside the information gained by any sense that...

what state they are in. Here, Descartes distinguishes the mind from the soul. He writes: "It further occurred to me that I was nou...

the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...