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Essays 91 - 120
based solely upon interpretive existence: 1) For an ordinary physical object (such as a tree) to really exist is for it to exist e...
the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...
to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...
philosophy" was intent on raising philosophical debate above the aesthetic and theological interests which had held it captive for...
Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...
one is not perceiving reality correctly. Yet, while all of these situations leads to a change in perception, who is to say that th...
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...
believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...
"by posing the question in terms of relation between thinking subject, deity, and external world, Descartes made a purely epistemo...
the circumstance. In other words, if something can go wrong with it, that sense is considered inconsequential to the final outcome...
the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...
In five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Rene Descartes and Plato in a consideration of the mind and the soul, which ...
In six pages this paper examines an X Files episode form 1998 in a consideration of whether or not personhood can be experienced b...
In five pages the sense of wonder Descartes conjures in his Third Meditation regarding the existence of God is examined. There ar...
are comprised of. Dualism and Descartes Descartes believed that the two elements were mind and soul, or mental substance ("gh...
This research report looks at how Descartes would feel about Plato's ideas. Would he agree with Plato in his ideas about death? Th...
and change. He did not perceive the world as having changed greatly, but instead perceived the same world in a much different lig...
In four pages this text examines Meditations on First Philosophy in an analyzes of the three doubt arguments Rene Descartes presen...
In two pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes' theory on the dualism between the mind and body had negative consequences fo...
In five pages Rene Descartes' Meditation II is examined in terms of the moral complexities of the philosopher's assertion 'I am, I...
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...
there is noting upon which the beliefs of an individual may be based and built or expanded upon. Descartes Meditations It is in "...
trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...
I must master the processes associated involved in writing clearly as my ultimate goal is to teach middle school, and I must, ther...
example, the author describes how her mother always shopped for fresh ingredients, and prepared fresh herbs, such as "parsley, cil...
In two pages this paper examines that despite positive moral and religious consequences regarding Rene Descartes' dualism theory o...
In seven pages this paper examines the perspectives of this seventeenth century philosopher in terms of man's natural existence an...
argued that this is true, Plato, but let us bring forth two other philosophers to create a better atmosphere for this discourse. ...
In three pages philosophers Hume, Descartes, and Aristotle are applied to the concepts of man's nature, the existence of God, and ...
In five pages this research paper discusses Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in terms of deductive reasoning and an eval...