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or knowledge which is essential to him if he is to complete his tasks and become a true hero....
The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...
one is not perceiving reality correctly. Yet, while all of these situations leads to a change in perception, who is to say that th...
to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...
of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...
at those responsible for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In other words, education is supposed to take a neutral appr...
occurred. One of the only things that one can find to argue about Locke is that he eventually becomes as inflexible as the rest o...
at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...
negative aspect to this competition, or that they would sabotage one anothers efforts out of jealousy....
attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...
In addition, she makes the point that when considering any social phenomenon, there will invariably be a diversity of interpretati...
This 5 page paper analyzes John Stuart Mill's theory of Utilitarianism, how it works and how it evaluates actions, both quantitati...
In five pages this paper discusses the grounds for believing in God's existence by discussing philosophical interpretations of fou...
This research report examines ideas by Descartes and internal aspects of one's being are explored. True knowledge is one concept h...
Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...
which he uses to argue that the senses are not based in the physical world. This is also supported by his argument that madmen may...
the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...
year old Hayashi and left the house. The child and her mother lived what we in the west label a "pillar to post existence," both,...
In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...
home. Labor divisions are held in check by the marriage contract and the historic or traditional nature of the family. 2.In Chapt...
ability to move on, or to move forward. I am suggesting that his preoccupation with death and decay, clouded or immobilized his ...
In nine pages the debate between innate or native knowledge as espoused by Kant, Descartes, and Plato is compared with the empiric...
In five pages this paper discusses how the philosophies of Descartes and Heidegger manifest themselves in this short story by Samu...
This research report looks at how Descartes would feel about Plato's ideas. Would he agree with Plato in his ideas about death? Th...
In ten pages this paper examines what philosophy represents as considered in Philosophy The Quest For Truth by Louis R. Pojman a...
yet highly controversial Theory of Evolution in 1859, a theory impressive in its presentation and scientific reasoning but unmista...
used to scrawl after our stories, marked, "the end." This is true in the "thinking piece," Am I Blue. It is important for the st...
there should be working class intellectuals, and that one way that these workers allowed themselves to be controlled was by not as...