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In five pages this paper examines the French philosopher's text as it explains his approaches to recognizing knowledge that is 'tr...

In six pages this essay examines the preface and each of the Meditations in terms of its primary points, the relationship that exi...

In two pages this essay considers Descartes' doubt methodology as it is represented in this Meditation. There is no bibliography ...

In six pages Descartes' knowledge philosophy is examined in terms of dreams and reality as it pertains to the principles he outlin...

In four pages Descartes' contention that the mind is known more easily than the body is evaluated along with a consideration of th...

In five pages this research paper discusses Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in terms of deductive reasoning and an eval...

In five pages Descartes' Meditation III is analyzed in terms of affirmations, denials, knowledge, and the existence of God. There...

In three pages philosophers Hume, Descartes, and Aristotle are applied to the concepts of man's nature, the existence of God, and ...

In two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...

In seven pages this paper examines the perspectives of this seventeenth century philosopher in terms of man's natural existence an...

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 contrasts and compares how this trio of philosophers perceived the soul and reality in a consideration of...

being and his conviction that he is in a certain location, dressed in a certain way, but then goes on to compare his situation wit...

In six pages this research paper examines Descartes' 'I think therefore I am' argument regarding existence. Six sources are cited...

In five pages this essay discusses Descartes' reality in terms of deconstruction and reconstruction. There are no other sources l...

In five pages this paper discusses how Descartes' philosophy of reality is presented in the 1641 publication of The Meditations. ...

In five pages two of Descartes' arguments are analyzed in terms of the nature of object existence and the determination of dreamin...

In two pages this paper examines how the philosophies of these two theorists were influenced by history and their respective cultu...

In six pages human nature is the focus in an overview that contrasts Descartes' philosophy with that of George Berkeley's with cri...

He found that he could not believe in something unless its certainty was unquestionable. He only believed in the concrete, the po...

conclusion that "a being than which none greater can be conceived can be conceived to be greater than it is," which is "absurd" (A...

perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...

do know for certain that objects exist, we must know of them through the mind and not the senses (Important arguments ...). Desca...

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...

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...

"wears" but has nothing to do with the actual internal identity of the individual. The British philosopher Gilbert Rye referred to...

the body dies (Island of Freedom, 2003). Although Descartes saw the mind and body as two separate substances and also having diff...

and philosophy have looked at such issues. Some contemporary philosophers claim that all things are really comprised of energy and...

in order to establish a firm foundation of understanding in his or her life. In knowledge there is inherent value and wealth; dwe...