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the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...

Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...

the dreaming argument is simply one concept that emanates from Descartes Meditations, but it has numerous theoretical implications...

In six pages the philosophical and mathematical theories of Rene Descartes are discussed. Four sources are cited in the bibliogra...

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

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

we note that it "covers what we can know by Gods special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition)....

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...

The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...

is dreaming or not and finally, the last statement in the proof is a conclusion that says that he does not know whether or not he ...

to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...

thing" sets the stage for each of his subsequent steps. In Step 2 he delineates his completeness into one of its two parts, the b...

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

This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...

They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...

"by posing the question in terms of relation between thinking subject, deity, and external world, Descartes made a purely epistemo...

Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....

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...

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...

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...

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...

there is a universal perception of God, it is not proof that he does exist. Perhaps the most important part of Descartess argument...

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...

for answers related to existence or transcendence. Interestingly, many will read his arguments, which are admittedly logical and w...