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Philosophical Problems of Cartesian Circle

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

The Cartesian Circle

This research report looks at one of Descartes' most well known theories. The basis of the Cartesian Circle is duly noted. The ide...

Rene Descartes and the Cartesian Circle

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

Quality Circles

relatively autonomous unit (ideally about ten workers), usually led by a supervisor or a senior worker and organized as a work uni...

Substance Dualism: Descartes, Spinoza and Berkeley

and escalate directly to the top to absolute knowledge. Step one in his groundbreaking compilation of scientifically conscious th...

Cartesian Dualism and the Problem of the Body and Mind

In eight pages this paper examines Cartesian Dualism in this consideration of the problems associated with the mind and body. Sev...

Overpopulation and What it Means

Though the focus in environmentalist circles has shifted away from overpopulation, it still remains a problem. This paper examines...

Geometry Problem of Squaring the Circle

In fifteen pages this geometric problem and associated issues are examined in terms of various theories, methods and mathematical ...

Ethical Egoism

"the agent ought to promote the self above other values" (Moseley, 2006). This is not as ugly as it sounds: it goes all the way ba...

Schools of Philosophy as Used in Nursing

(Allmark, 2003, p. 4). Poststructuralism: This perspective takes a deconstructive view of structuralism and "sees inquiry as ine...

Is Man Inherently Good or Evil?

(Spinks, 2003). Spinks (2003) writes: "Nietzsches immoral philosophy seeks to overcome the reactive morality of good and evil impo...

Philosophical Contributions of Ibn Sina

a fictitious narrative (Marenbon 40). His texts successfully incorporated quantitative and qualitative perspectives (Nasr and Raz...

Pursuing and Improving the Soul According to Socrates

control of the United States and establish a dictatorship. Most women in Gilead are infertile after repeated exposure to pesticide...

Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals and the Categorical Imperative of Immanuel Kant

In five pages this paper considers 3 of Kant's formulations regarding a lone categorical imperative as presented in his philosophi...

Wives Who Tire of or Become Bored with Their Mates

In five pages this paper examines why wives grow tired of their husbands and leave them in an application of a philosophical argum...

Nature of the Soul and the Theories in Phaedo by Plato

must pay for such without question. In Crito, we see Socrates pretending that the laws are coming to talk to him. They say to him...

Philosophical Essay Applications

defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...

Will the Dragon Rise Again? Reviewed

In three pages this paper discusses China's post Confucianism cultural and philosophical transitions within the context of this bo...

Letter to the Editor and Utilitarian Philosophy

In two pages this paper is structured as a letter to the editor and considers capital punishment form a utilitarian philosophical ...

Forms, Immortal Soul, and Defining Virtue in Phaedo and Meno by Plato

different aspects of individual virtue can be seen to be included. Meno offers the suggestion that virtue can be defined as the wi...

Taoism and Lao Tzu

mean "The Way and its Power" (Rasmussen, 2002). The philosophy which would result did so in direct response to a number of social...

Philosophy Approaches

what is real and what is perceived, and the one is not dependent on the other. Naturalism states that it is the laws of nature whi...

Religion and Philosophical Problems

solution. Rousseau was an individual who attempted to incorporate civil religion as that solution. One author tells us that "Rouss...

Philosophical Problem of Evil

In five pages this paper examines the problem of moral, natural, and physical evil in philosophy and assesses the validity of argu...

God, Knowledge, Wisdom, and Virtue According to Descartes and Aristotle

In nine pages specific questions are answered regarding Aristotle's position on happiness, virtue, knowledge, and wisdom, and then...

'Ghost in the Machine' and Rene Descartes

In a paper consisting of five pages Rene Descartes' life, philosophy particularly Cartesian Dualism, and whether or not it is curr...

Comparative Analysis of Spinoza's Dual Monism and Rene Descartes Mind and Body Interactionism

having been created by a supreme and ethereal being, whose own creation is inherent to that of all He created. Based upon his def...

Early French Modern Society and a Hypothetical Debate on the Status of Women and Men at the Time

woman. She was portrayed as being virtuous, committed to her family, and obstinately determined to succeed in her tasks. Davis nee...

Early Modern Society of France and Men's and Women's Status

a patriarchal world would be a gross understatement and one that would also be staunchly supported by the likes of both Bertrande ...

Poullain de la Barre's Three Cartesian Feminist Treaties and Natalie Zemon Davis' The Return of Martin Guerre

that "Nothing happened in Bertrandes marriage bed, it seemed, neither that night nor for more than eight years afterward. Martin G...