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also saw mind and body as two separate substance. The Descartes position on the mind-body problem combines the idea of substance d...

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

all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...

cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...

do not assert any observation sentences (Yancy, 1995). And in fact, science and philosophy truly have a lot in common. Both scient...

highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...

the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...

discipline of psychology during the next century. One of his beliefs, based on past trends, is that psychology, as a field in gene...

Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...

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...

horrible situations such as one that would deem them a "vegetable" do have some thinking capacity perhaps. Yet, is a disembodied m...

something called substance dualism such as the dualism of two different sorts of things like property dualism for example (1995). ...

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...

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...

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

a longer period of time, which serves to dilute the effectiveness of presence and the experiences intensity. With the sensation o...

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

education, Aquinas was exposed to the work of the ancient Greek philosophers. Throughout his writing , Aquinas worked out a relati...

are grand variances in price throughout the country, the standard scale is between $250 and $395 and half that much for subsequent...

ABSTRACT This paper explores the manner in which...

and ice creams sold in the summer, this looks at the trends rather than just the past performance. Regression analysis takes th...

This 3 page paper gives an explanation of how meditation can help healing. This paper includes the practice of meditation for heal...

In a paper consisting of 20 pages body modification is examined in terms of psychology and history with elective amputation, scari...

In ten pages body image is considered in this overview and examines how culture and media influence body perception along with res...

In five pages this paper examines Aquinas' 5 arguments on God's existence and exposes the errors in his 2nd argument. Three sourc...

professor is a good example of the difference between intellectual knowledge and sense knowledge. To take that a step beyond, and ...

divide between rich and poor in developed and under-developed countries, but also of the possibilities which a western commercial ...

In seven pages this paper discusses how this preeminent religious philosopher defined virtue, justice, and the common good. One s...

In five pages this report considers how Aquinas differentiated between eternal law and natural law in a discussion that also inclu...