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logically be at a variance. So, for the person uttering the statement about the validity of the solidness of the chair, it may ver...

philosophy" was intent on raising philosophical debate above the aesthetic and theological interests which had held it captive for...

trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...

(Anonymous The Philosophy of Ren? Descartes, 2002; phildescartes1.htm). In 1629 settled himself in Holland, a place which appar...

function can be said to be literal. In other words, what is inferred in immediately testable and will hold true for every person. ...

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...

until midmorning began as a result of his ill health (Gaukroger, 1997). The education he received here, which lasted until 1612 se...

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

Therefore, realities for these individuals would logically be at a variance. Francis Bacon, considered the father of modern scie...

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)....

idea that nothing comes from nothing. Reality in itself must come from a cause that is at least equal if not more so than its effe...

that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...

highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...

the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...

for answers related to existence or transcendence. Interestingly, many will read his arguments, which are admittedly logical and w...

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

it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...

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

is dreaming or not and finally, the last statement in the proof is a conclusion that says that he does not know whether or not he ...

Cartesian dualism is also known as the "mind-body problem" and establishes that there are clearly separate and distinct aspects of...

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

thing" sets the stage for each of his subsequent steps. In Step 2 he delineates his completeness into one of its two parts, the b...

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

The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...

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

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...

what is not. Descartes method of systematic doubt is to "reject as if absolutely false anything as to which I could imagine t...

In six pages the philosophical and mathematical theories of Rene Descartes are discussed. Four sources are cited in the bibliogra...

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...