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Human Perception, Hume, Descartes, and Berkeley

In five pages human perception and the theories connected with it are examined and then the perception theories of this trio of ph...

Sarte and Descartes Compared

approaches to subjectivity have been characterized by an overwhelming modern anxiety not to be Descartes (206). Descartes pictur...

Meditations on the First Philosophy by Rene Descartes and 'Freeing the Mind'

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

Proust and Descartes Regarding Identity

This research report looks at the ideas of these two philosophers through written works. Other works are explored such as those by...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Descartes' Second Meditation

what state they are in. Here, Descartes distinguishes the mind from the soul. He writes: "It further occurred to me that I was nou...

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...

GE and Systems Thinking

In five pages this paper examines how General Electric conducts business through application of systems thinking. Five sources ar...

International Relations Research, Realism, and Critical Thinking

In five pages international research is examined in terms of the realism framework and the place critical thinking has. Eleven so...

Thinking Orientals by Henry Yu and The Wages of Whiteness by David Roediger

Thinking Orientals by Henry Yu and The Wages of Whiteness by David Roediger are contrasted and compared in 8 pages. Two sources a...

Thinking and Martin Heidegger

collect itself (1966). As the modern world has been conditioned to this sort of thinking, it has now become problematic to imagin...

European Thinking, Change, and Poetry

a vase and ask of what the pictures speak: "Thou still unravishd bride of quietness, / Thou foster-child of silence and slow time,...

Human Condition and Morality Thoughts

on around him and within his community regardless of what that community might be. The Revenge of Conscience...

Forces of Influence and Critical Thinking

of literature is broad, and it also addresses all levels of education. But while critical thinking is a crucial factor in various ...

Thought or Perspective in Regards to Race Relations

into the culture of the dominant people. In essence, the culture of the minority is curtailed and extinguished. The reason this co...

Western Thought and Universal Law

society with a particularly interesting view. He notes that the driving force of contemporary romanticism in the social sciences i...

The Christian Mind How Should A Christian Think by Harry Blamire

In five pages this paper discusses this text in terms of religious interpretation and the impact as well as implications of global...

3 Thought Levels in Plato's Republic and Dante's Inferno

In five pages this paper discusses the connection between man's sins and the soul in this analysis of three levels of thought repr...

The Importance of Critical Thinking in Research

Many aspects of conducting research require critical thinking. This paper examines problems and issues which crop up in critically...

Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Collins

In a paper consisting of five pages Patricia Collins' unique black feminist perspective is considered within the context of her bo...

Political Thinking Defined

In five pages this paper examines how Plato, Aristotle, and Immanuel Kant define political thinking. Six sources are cited in the...