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his previous beliefs had rested, since he intends to analyse philosophically whether these beliefs are in fact valid, and if they ...

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 five pages this essay discusses how rational foundationalism is explored by Descartes in his Meditations on the First Philosoph...

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

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

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how this trio of philosophers perceived the soul and reality in a consideration of...

In ten pages these radical paradigms are defined, compared, and then considered within the context of the market view, Theory X an...

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

In two pages this paper examines how the philosophies of these two theorists were influenced by history and their respective cultu...

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

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

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 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...

"wears" but has nothing to do with the actual internal identity of the individual. The British philosopher Gilbert Rye referred to...

body but the are not only of the body ("Rene," 2005). The mind controls these things. Mind also cannot be "thought without it thin...

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

entire world does not revolve around them? Descartess dreaming argument likely suggests more than ones inability to determine whet...

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

also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...

is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...

believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...

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...

unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...

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...

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

in order to establish a firm foundation of understanding in his or her life. In knowledge there is inherent value and wealth; dwe...