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This paper examines the 'constant mental state' theory of psychology William James created to improve the theoretical limitations ...
in the numbers of scientists and "practitioners" (cartographers), instrumentmakers, navigators, and so on), and the consequent cre...
In five pages this paper discusses how doubt and reality is understood by philosopher Rene Descartes with his argument flaws also ...
In six pages Descartes' arguments regarding reality and existence as revealed in Meditations are examined along with Searle's obje...
In five pages this essay argues that ancient principles were rejected by seventeenth and eighteenth century scientific breakthroug...
In five pages this paper discusses the ontological argument and its impact upon faith and religion with scientific philosophical o...
In fourteen pages this essay examines the perspectives of theorists and philosophers including Albert Einstein, Aristotle, and Ren...
In four pages this paper examines how the 'dream demon' of Rene Descartes was perceived by philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau. The...
In four pages this paper discusses how Russell reacted to the 'dream demon' notion of Descartes, contrasting his perspective that ...
In six pages this research paper argues that essence is not preceded by existence with supporting philosophical arguments from Dav...
In nine pages the contemporary world is related to the Discourse and Meditations of Rene Descartes. Four sources are cited in the...
This research report looks at this ultimate skeptic and explores doubt and truth in terms of all intellectual propositions. Is Des...
This research report examines rationalizations used by Descartes and his own belief system. Various issues are explored and scient...
critics, his reputation and fame has never been truly compromised. He has added a great deal in terms of thought in a variety of d...
and philosophy have looked at such issues. Some contemporary philosophers claim that all things are really comprised of energy and...
led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...
In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...
is an idea that makes sense. Descartes went the other way, contending that it is the thought process that defines the human being ...
and balances helps to equalize what man truly knows and that which he thinks he knows - the very foundation for identifying weakne...
it is thought to be an intuition in respect to "ones own reality" (2003). It is in essence "an expression of the indubitability of...
of those objects were independent of his own thought processes: "I perceived certain objects wholly different from my thought, na...
in order to establish a firm foundation of understanding in his or her life. In knowledge there is inherent value and wealth; dwe...
certain choices in life. They make communion and choose a new middle name. They go to school, and their degree is attached to that...
can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...
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...
a thinking thing, or a thing possessing within itself the faculty of thinking" (Descartes, 1960, p. 7). The fundamental asp...
Science. But the absence of humanness to the drawing does not make the picture less perfect. It may nonetheless be a perfect depic...
based solely upon interpretive existence: 1) For an ordinary physical object (such as a tree) to really exist is for it to exist e...
of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...
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...