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Essays 271 - 300
In nine pages the contemporary world is related to the Discourse and Meditations of Rene Descartes. Four sources are cited in the...
In four pages Descartes' contention that the mind is known more easily than the body is evaluated along with a consideration of th...
In four pages this paper examines how the 'dream demon' of Rene Descartes was perceived by philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau. The...
In four pages this paper discusses how Russell reacted to the 'dream demon' notion of Descartes, contrasting his perspective that ...
In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...
In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...
This research report looks at one of Descartes' most well known theories. The basis of the Cartesian Circle is duly noted. The ide...
This research report examines the theories of Descartes and how knowledge and the intellect relate to experiential knowledge. The ...
In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...
In two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...
In two pages this paper considers what impact history and culture had on the philosophies of William James and Rene Descartes. Tw...
In five pages this paper discusses the ontological argument and its impact upon faith and religion with scientific philosophical o...
at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...
In six pages the philosophical and mathematical theories of Rene Descartes are discussed. Four sources are cited in the bibliogra...
occurred. One of the only things that one can find to argue about Locke is that he eventually becomes as inflexible as the rest o...
unique opinion about the theory. The author then indicates that "the Cartesian myth is insidious. It can assume many guises, an...
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)....
the dreaming argument is simply one concept that emanates from Descartes Meditations, but it has numerous theoretical implications...
he (and humans in general) is(are) a complete entity, a "cogito" or "thinking thing" (as he clarifies in step 1), that entity is c...
The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...
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...
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...
capable of undergoing so many changes with regard to appearance, temperature, solidity and so on as to be rendered completely diff...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
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...
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...
it, these are all abstractions on the concept of the apple in the first place. These notions could not be made without the immedi...
of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...