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and philosophy have looked at such issues. Some contemporary philosophers claim that all things are really comprised of energy and...

all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...

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...

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

Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...

that can render a thought or a concept wrong. One can do a study one day to prove that cholesterol is bad, and then another day, a...

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

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

In five pages Descartes' Meditation III is analyzed in terms of affirmations, denials, knowledge, and the existence of God. There...

In two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...

In five pages this paper examines the French philosopher's text as it explains his approaches to recognizing knowledge that is 'tr...

In six pages Descartes' arguments regarding reality and existence as revealed in Meditations are examined along with Searle's obje...

In two pages this essay considers Descartes' doubt methodology as it is represented in this Meditation. There is no bibliography ...

In six pages Descartes' knowledge philosophy is examined in terms of dreams and reality as it pertains to the principles he outlin...

In four pages Descartes' contention that the mind is known more easily than the body is evaluated along with a consideration of th...

In five pages this research paper discusses Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in terms of deductive reasoning and an eval...

In six pages this essay examines the preface and each of the Meditations in terms of its primary points, the relationship that exi...

In six pages this research paper examines Descartes' 'I think therefore I am' argument regarding existence. Six sources are cited...

being and his conviction that he is in a certain location, dressed in a certain way, but then goes on to compare his situation wit...

In five pages this essay discusses Descartes' reality in terms of deconstruction and reconstruction. There are no other sources l...

In five pages this paper discusses how Descartes' philosophy of reality is presented in the 1641 publication of The Meditations. ...

In six pages the proof Descartes offered that God exists is considered but other relevant issues such as why he would have been mo...

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

In six pages human nature is the focus in an overview that contrasts Descartes' philosophy with that of George Berkeley's with cri...

In five pages two of Descartes' arguments are analyzed in terms of the nature of object existence and the determination of dreamin...

He found that he could not believe in something unless its certainty was unquestionable. He only believed in the concrete, the po...

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...

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

the fire next to him. Therefore, he reasons that the effect, the idea of God, must have a cause in reality. Descartes writes, "B...