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Essays 151 - 180
something called substance dualism such as the dualism of two different sorts of things like property dualism for example (1995). ...
a process that assumes that a persons own subjective construction of reality is more accessible than anything else. The process o...
persecution of the "monster." Of course, part of the trouble with any film like this is the knowledge we have as audience members...
to lose weight, media pressure to gain weight, and media pressure to increase muscle tone (McCabe et al, 2003). Both studi...
has written; there are even video and audio cassettes/DVDs explaining his approach to healing. As with his other publications, Qua...
function and neurotransmitters (Benson, 2001). For example, Elbogen et al (2004) note how violent behavior such as hostility and ...
fear and anxiety, as well as "a sense of well-being and decreased isolation" (Trombley et al, 2003, p. 92). Ernst (2005) points t...
say that empirical scientific methodology is not appropriate for the study of faith-based religious belief). Anomalous monism stat...
her last child moved out of the family home. Anti-depressants alleviated her condition somewhat, but made her feel groggy and deta...
Descartes, of course, is remembered as the "father of modern philosophy". A rationalist, Descartes was particularly concerned wit...
string went from side-to-side and rotated when I thought or said the command, I could not make a thermometer to actually change te...
the belief that low level physiological needs are more compelling in relation to behavior than higher level psychological needs, w...
There are four central themes in Kafka's Metamorphosis: the absurdity of life, the disconnect between mind and body, the limits of...
Irish bishop, feared that the philosophies and science of his era were constituting a threat to Christian faith, due to their prom...
a day of nothing but McDonalds food. It was a matter of a few days before Spurlock began to realize a tangible change to his expa...
beautiful, graceful Tai Chi movements (McMullen, n.d.). Tai Chi in general is thought to be a physical practice because there is t...
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...
protocol. Rosenberg et al (2005) and Larson et al (2006) detail the pursuit toward getting the elderly population in step with be...
entire world does not revolve around them? Descartess dreaming argument likely suggests more than ones inability to determine whet...
in order to establish a firm foundation of understanding in his or her life. In knowledge there is inherent value and wealth; dwe...
In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...
"I easily understand that, if some body exists, with which my mind is so conjoined and united as to be able, as it were, to consid...
it is thought to be an intuition in respect to "ones own reality" (2003). It is in essence "an expression of the indubitability of...
really know anything. People take things for granted in their daily lives and this is wrong. In any event, the dreaming argument i...
and philosophy have looked at such issues. Some contemporary philosophers claim that all things are really comprised of energy and...
believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...
doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...