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Essays 331 - 360
In ten pages An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke and Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes are asses...
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 five pages Rene Descartes' Meditation II is examined in terms of the moral complexities of the philosopher's assertion 'I am, I...
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...
do not assert any observation sentences (Yancy, 1995). And in fact, science and philosophy truly have a lot in common. Both scient...
conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...
upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...
going to equal seven. He states in his Mediations on First Philosophy: "SEVERAL years have now elapsed since I first became awar...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
philosophy" was intent on raising philosophical debate above the aesthetic and theological interests which had held it captive for...
function can be said to be literal. In other words, what is inferred in immediately testable and will hold true for every person. ...
(Anonymous The Philosophy of Ren? Descartes, 2002; phildescartes1.htm). In 1629 settled himself in Holland, a place which appar...
logically be at a variance. So, for the person uttering the statement about the validity of the solidness of the chair, it may ver...
idea that nothing comes from nothing. Reality in itself must come from a cause that is at least equal if not more so than its effe...
that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...
highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...
until midmorning began as a result of his ill health (Gaukroger, 1997). The education he received here, which lasted until 1612 se...
at those responsible for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In other words, education is supposed to take a neutral appr...
Therefore, realities for these individuals would logically be at a variance. Francis Bacon, considered the father of modern scie...
there is a universal perception of God, it is not proof that he does exist. Perhaps the most important part of Descartess argument...
it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...
for answers related to existence or transcendence. Interestingly, many will read his arguments, which are admittedly logical and w...
It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...
unique opinion about the theory. The author then indicates that "the Cartesian myth is insidious. It can assume many guises, an...
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...
cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...
The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...
unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...