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Essays 451 - 480
In five pages this essay argues that ancient principles were rejected by seventeenth and eighteenth century scientific breakthroug...
In seven pages this chapter is discussed in terms of how the author portrayed the philosophical influences of such theorists as Hu...
In five pages this paper discusses how the philosophies of Descartes and Heidegger manifest themselves in this short story by Samu...
yet highly controversial Theory of Evolution in 1859, a theory impressive in its presentation and scientific reasoning but unmista...
God is the world and the universe and it is just there. At the same time, he may be seen as both the cause of, and the universe, i...
In ten pages this paper examines what philosophy represents as considered in Philosophy The Quest For Truth by Louis R. Pojman a...
In nine pages the debate between innate or native knowledge as espoused by Kant, Descartes, and Plato is compared with the empiric...
are comprised of. Dualism and Descartes Descartes believed that the two elements were mind and soul, or mental substance ("gh...
This research report looks at the ideas of both of these theorists. Armstrong's opposition to Descartes' ideas is duly noted. Thi...
This essay addresses Descartes and the error known a the somatic market hypothesis. In this discussion, the writer differentiates ...
In five pages psychology and the foundations laid by philosophy are examined in a discussion of Herodotus, Socrates, Aquinas, Lock...
able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatically programmed for response. The student might surmise that o...
In nine pages specific questions are answered regarding Aristotle's position on happiness, virtue, knowledge, and wisdom, and then...
a thinking thing, or a thing possessing within itself the faculty of thinking" (Descartes, 1960, p. 7). The fundamental asp...
certain choices in life. They make communion and choose a new middle name. They go to school, and their degree is attached to that...
of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...
and balances helps to equalize what man truly knows and that which he thinks he knows - the very foundation for identifying weakne...
This paper considers how Descartes used doubt to prove his own existence. There are three sources in this five page paper. ...
that the condition for being in a mental state should be given by the function of that state and also, this is meant to be in term...
one is not perceiving reality correctly. Yet, while all of these situations leads to a change in perception, who is to say that th...
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
capable of undergoing so many changes with regard to appearance, temperature, solidity and so on as to be rendered completely diff...
Smarts philosophies regarding the correlation between brain and mind are supported by a number of historic philosophers and scient...
is an objective reality, people are basically defining what is real and what is not. Life becomes confusing. Loeb (1986) explains...
and truth, Benjamin (2002) surmises how those who have invested both time and pains in its postulations should partake of a greate...
experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...
perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...
to protect their possessions from ending up in the hands of government agencies once they have died; however, this particular appr...
way they are like human beings who are mentally handicapped. Animals have souls and are loving and lovable, but they do not have t...