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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...

Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....

is Anselms primary opponent in his argument regarding the existence of God. Kants separation between the analytic and the synthet...

In six pages this paper examines how Gaunilo philosophically responded to St. Anselm's Proslogion as it featured his argument on G...

In nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...

In five pages this report examines Descartes' First Philosophy regarding nature and God's existence as featured in his First Medit...

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...

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

conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...

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

conclusion that "a being than which none greater can be conceived can be conceived to be greater than it is," which is "absurd" (A...

by humanity, without turning to any other body of factual information or knowledge. In other words, it is possible for people to c...

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

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

In five pages this paper examines skepticism, cogito, the truth rule, and the circular argument about God's existence within the c...

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...

In four pages this paper presents an autobiography of Saint Augustine and also considers his arguments on the existence of God....

In nine pages this report examines argument from design, ontological and cosmological arguments regarding God's existence. Seven ...

the meditations is not to prove what they establish, but rather to show how the world of physics could be mapped reliably and inde...

is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...

at the bottom of the ladder, and humanity at the top, by virtue of the faculty of reason (Augustine of Hippo, 2001). After carefu...

In five pages this paper discusses the ontological argument and its impact upon faith and religion with scientific philosophical o...

The revolutionary philosophy of Rene Descartes as it is presented within Meditations on First Philosophy is explained in an essay ...

explain why this is so. Descartes also questioned the ability of a dreamer to know whether or not he is dreaming. Many people do a...

simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...

do know for certain that objects exist, we must know of them through the mind and not the senses (Important arguments ...). Desca...

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

image, a form, or a judgement, and concludes that an image or what individuals perceive as form can never be false. However, erro...

thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....

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