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Essays 181 - 210
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...
at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...
This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...
unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...
we note that it "covers what we can know by Gods special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition)....
the dreaming argument is simply one concept that emanates from Descartes Meditations, but it has numerous theoretical implications...
he (and humans in general) is(are) a complete entity, a "cogito" or "thinking thing" (as he clarifies in step 1), that entity is c...
In six pages the philosophical and mathematical theories of Rene Descartes are discussed. Four sources are cited in the bibliogra...
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...
questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...
capable of undergoing so many changes with regard to appearance, temperature, solidity and so on as to be rendered completely diff...
believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...
"by posing the question in terms of relation between thinking subject, deity, and external world, Descartes made a purely epistemo...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
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...
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...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
the circumstance. In other words, if something can go wrong with it, that sense is considered inconsequential to the final outcome...
based solely upon interpretive existence: 1) For an ordinary physical object (such as a tree) to really exist is for it to exist e...
the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...
Some (not Descartes) focused on the fact that reality is mainly material - these are the materialists (What is Philosophy?). Other...
which he uses to argue that the senses are not based in the physical world. This is also supported by his argument that madmen may...
Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...
entire world does not revolve around them? Descartess dreaming argument likely suggests more than ones inability to determine whet...