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How Culture and History Influenced the Philosophical Perspectives of William James and Rene Descartes

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

Reality Struggles of Rene Descartes, George Berkeley, and David Hume

even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...

Jacques Maritain's 'The Dream of Descartes'

chooses to present. In the following we note one particular focus as it pertains to divine knowledge. Maritain states that, "divin...

Rene Descartes, Aristotle, and Plato on Reality and the Soul

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

Martin Luther King Jr. and Rene Descartes on Skepticism

He didnt believe that going to church necessarily related to a relationship with God. He felt that church almost got in the way o...

Hume and Descartes

human senses can be mislead. This is seen when there are individuals close and far away, with the difference in size seen by the e...

A Card Game and Dinner Party with Guests Locke, Sartre, Nietzsche, Descartes, Maimonides, and Averroes

with most of the guests as a large part of his life had been shaped by political factors. When he was...

God's Existence and the Perspectives of David Hume, William Paley, Rene Descartes, and Augustine of Hippo

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...

Discussing the First Meditation of Descartes

Meditation, the three skeptical arguments are that one does not really know if he or she is dreaming, that one does not know wheth...

A Position Paper on Montaigne and Descartes

little consequence when it came to the knowing the true nature of something. However, Montaigne seems to limit himself in that he ...

Comparative Analysis of Spinoza's Dual Monism and Rene Descartes Mind and Body Interactionism

having been created by a supreme and ethereal being, whose own creation is inherent to that of all He created. Based upon his def...

Does Meditations Represent a Contradictory Rene Descartes?

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...

Dreaming and Descartes' First Meditation

of his faculties he created the hyperbolic doubt. Hyperbolic doubt is when one sets aside the information gained by any sense that...

A Look at The Meditations by Descartes

According to Descartes a human being used his facilities to gain knowledge of his own world. No one would particularly argue with ...

Substance Dualism: Descartes, Spinoza and Berkeley

and escalate directly to the top to absolute knowledge. Step one in his groundbreaking compilation of scientifically conscious th...

Descartes vs. Russon

Descartes, of course, is remembered as the "father of modern philosophy". A rationalist, Descartes was particularly concerned wit...

Self and Suppressing Black Feminist Thought

Jacobs offers a depiction of slavery life that mirrors the inherent struggle women faced at the hands of their while slave owners....

Social Work and the Importance of the Christian Thought

as well as their learning abilities. The Bible teaches people that it is important, and crucial, to care for others and to neve...

Enlightenment Thinking Expansion by Theories of Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx

workers actions. If he performed for himself, the worker would not feel alienated by his efforts. According to Marx, a great deal ...

Thinking in the East and West

Eastern thought the teachings have originated from Tao thought and from ancient prophets more than philosophers. Nisbett (2004)...

U.S. and Schools of Economic Thought

and that and other factors were wreaking havoc on the national economy. It was the position of John Maynard Keynes that gov...

U.S. and Influential Schools of Economic Thought

Thought Schools of Political Economy Neoclassical Schools Alternative Schools Thematic Schools Pre-Classical Anglo-American Heter...

Text Analysis of 'Evil in Modern Thought An Alternative History of Philosophy' by Susan Neiman

in Modern Thought points to two cataclysmic moments in history that were responsible for altering the contemporary perceptions of ...

Thinking About Music, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Music by Lewis Rowell

however, is preliminary, a basic orientation, if you will, before settling down to discussing the books main argument, which conce...

Rhetoric, Thought, and Language

than just discourse designed to persuade. Since the 1970s, scholars from a variety of academic fields have placed metaphor at the ...

Nursing and Reflective Thinking Development

as a solution to the problem of developing reflective skills, Ferrario defines reflective thinking as: a) analyzing, synthesizing,...

U.S. and Thoughts on the Great Depression

period of time that argued that the economic policies of the government were too conservative and that it was largely at fault for...

Hannah Arendt's Theories on Politics and Thinking

it applies to morality, he suggested that morality is dictated by reason to oneself. This, then, is the power of reason over objec...

Middle Ages, Freedom of Thought, and Dogma

One of the quests that sprung from employing the notion of feudalism was to create the vassal/lord union as a means by which to es...

Critical Thinking and a Decision Making Model

decision. Step one given in the example is to list career alternatives (2004). This comes down to brainstorming or listing a lot ...