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Essays 271 - 300
This research report examines rationalizations used by Descartes and his own belief system. Various issues are explored and scient...
a thinking thing, or a thing possessing within itself the faculty of thinking" (Descartes, 1960, p. 7). The fundamental asp...
controlling his temper, modesty, and manliness, he learned piety, abstinence, and how to live simply "far removed from the habits ...
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...
consciousness where the mind is not aware of anything in particular. During mediation, breathing slows and practitioners tend to p...
capable of undergoing so many changes with regard to appearance, temperature, solidity and so on as to be rendered completely diff...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
one is not perceiving reality correctly. Yet, while all of these situations leads to a change in perception, who is to say that th...
It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...
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...
to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...
is an objective reality, people are basically defining what is real and what is not. Life becomes confusing. Loeb (1986) explains...
Smarts philosophies regarding the correlation between brain and mind are supported by a number of historic philosophers and scient...
experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...
and truth, Benjamin (2002) surmises how those who have invested both time and pains in its postulations should partake of a greate...
disorders respond especially well to meditation as it lowers the levels of serotonin (stress hormone) in the bodys system. Other s...
and balances helps to equalize what man truly knows and that which he thinks he knows - the very foundation for identifying weakne...
fate, so sometimes it is hard to resign to a certain outcome. At the same time, there is the serenity prayer used in modern times ...
way they are like human beings who are mentally handicapped. Animals have souls and are loving and lovable, but they do not have t...
perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...
it is also the case that in general terms, people seem to believe what they see. They do not see atoms and they do see a solid mas...
the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...
accept the cogito at face value. It is only after answering an objection, that he comes up with a conclusion, which is that while ...
awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...
enlightenment philosophy? What form did those ideas take in classical criminological thought?" First, a look at each of the named...
Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...
Some (not Descartes) focused on the fact that reality is mainly material - these are the materialists (What is Philosophy?). Other...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at skepticism in philosophy. The skeptical writings of Montaigne, Pascal, and Descartes...