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Cogito Argument of Rene Descartes

"by posing the question in terms of relation between thinking subject, deity, and external world, Descartes made a purely epistemo...

Hume, Kant, and Descartes' Teleological, Ontological, and Cosmological Arguments and God's Existence Criticisms

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

3 Point Supporting Argument for Gun Control

bloodshed and terror of such despicable crimes comes the most obvious of questions: Why are kids killing each other? In an ideal ...

Ontological Argument on God's Existence by Rene Descartes

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...

Aristotle's Alternatives to Plato's Arguments

also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...

An Argument in Favor of Owners Maintaining Staff Employees

Customers expect a certain standard of service. If labour is cut here it may either be form the waiting staff. If there are less w...

Stereotyping and Emotions in the Construction of an Argument

street until one of the bolder residents stepped from his home and planted himself directly into their path. "Just what are the l...

US Society and the Death Penalty Argument

Penalty, 2002). Society has changed considerably since the 14th century BCE, and it is evident that the way in which our so...

Critical Thinking Questions and Argument Techniques

To date there has been no argument that sinks in with her, and we are nearly to the point of giving up. My own inability to criti...

Epicurean Concepts of 'Ataraxia' and Aristotelian Concepts of 'Human Good,' 'The Best Good,' and 'Function Argument'

positive reinforcement, for the happiest people are also those who are feeling well and living prosperous lives. These are not me...

'Self' Argument of Nagel

functions to accentuate the bodys passage through time. The inherent relationship that exists between self and the elements...

Secession For and Against Arguments

This paper consists of five pages and addresses newly elected U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on the issue of secession and recomme...

Sophocles' Observation 'Truth is the Strongest Argument'

In five pages the truth of this statement is argued with supporting evidence from various philosophers. Four sources are cited in...

Argument and the Pragma-Dialectic Theoretical Approach

In eleven pages this paper examines the pragma dialectic theory developed by van Eemeren and Grootendorst as it can be applied to ...

Book IX in 'The Iliad' by Homer and Arguments of Ajax, Phoenix, and Odysseus

this late hour / To save our army from these howling Trojans. / Think of yourself, of the regret you will feel / For harm that wil...

Marijuana Legalization Supporting Arguments

it made people violent and by the 1930s, the substance was illegal in all states (Kuhn, Swartzwelder & Wilson, 2003). In 1936, Po...

Logical Vietnam Argument Perspectives

precede reason, and the waste of war, the works of peace. We wish that this were not so. But we must deal with the world as it i...

Team Sports Equality Argument

REQUIREMENTS The safety standards which are customary for protection of the health and safety of males in sports and competitive ...

Sensory Perceptions and Descartes' Argument

is an objective reality, people are basically defining what is real and what is not. Life becomes confusing. Loeb (1986) explains...

Encountering God and Diane Eck's Unconvincing Argument

carried through in any short amount of time; in fact, each step forward toward a modicum of religious harmony is often met with a ...

Argument in Favor of Increasing Veteran's Benefits

sacrifices their lives for their country, then the country should take care of their families. Of course, efforts like Hannitys an...

Argument: It is Unfair to Cut Veterans' Benefits

crackdown on veterans is the ballooning deficit, which is growing daily as the war in Iraq continues. Ironically, it is the veter...

Same Sex Marriage Argument

individual has many different rights, and they have the right to pursue their own well being, their own dreams, their own style of...

Compatibilism Supporting Arguments

then free will itself is not possible (Bass, 2002). This does not relate to the argument of the implausibility of free will and d...

Rene Descartes' 'Dreaming Argument' in Meditations

really know anything. People take things for granted in their daily lives and this is wrong. In any event, the dreaming argument i...

Death Penalty Argument

that the death penalty is not a deterrent against crimes when the death penalty is in place. One author, in fact, states that hom...

Plains Indians' Tipi

plains. Their mobile lifestyle necessitated mobile housing. The tipi was the result. Sometimes misspelled as "teepee", the tipi...

Argument Against Abortion

be religious or Christian to believe that abortion is wrong, and that abortion is murder. One need not rely on the words in the Bi...

The Argument for Progressive Taxation

the people. For many individuals, the idea that resources should be redistributed, and that the very wealthy should be made to sh...

Assessment of Arguments Presented by Medea and Jason in Euripides’ Medea

Medea would also benefit: "What luckier chance could I have come across than this, An exile to marry the daughter of the king? It ...