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Symbolism and Theme of Plato's Allegory of the Cave

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...

Philosophical Concepts

of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...

Man Philosophically Defined

going to equal seven. He states in his Mediations on First Philosophy: "SEVERAL years have now elapsed since I first became awar...

Doubt Philosophy of Rene Descartes

do not assert any observation sentences (Yancy, 1995). And in fact, science and philosophy truly have a lot in common. Both scient...

The Evolution of the Criminal Justice System

enlightenment philosophy? What form did those ideas take in classical criminological thought?" First, a look at each of the named...

PHILOSPHY AND THE CONCEPT OF REALITY

Some (not Descartes) focused on the fact that reality is mainly material - these are the materialists (What is Philosophy?). Other...

HOW DOUBT HAS CHANGED THE WORLD

in Greece since 4 BCE, those who dared to doubt or who said it was okay to express doubts and questions werent held in high regard...

Dream Argument of Rene Descartes

entire world does not revolve around them? Descartess dreaming argument likely suggests more than ones inability to determine whet...

Notebooks of Melanin Sun

This writer/tutor does not, of course, have any idea how the student feels on this topic, or, for that matter, the specific course...

Rene Descartes, Philosophy and Psychology

work on the dual nature of man, which puts him firmly in the camp of philosophers. But he also had a tremendous influence on psych...

Knowledge and First Truth According to Descartes' Meditations

This research report examines ideas by Descartes and internal aspects of one's being are explored. True knowledge is one concept h...

Does Believing in God's Existence Make Any Sense?

In five pages this paper discusses the grounds for believing in God's existence by discussing philosophical interpretations of fou...

Reality, Dreams, and Rene Descartes

In six pages Rene Descartes' Meditations are used to distinguish between dreaming and the waking reality state. There are no othe...

What is Real, Nonfoundationalism, Dualism, and Materialism

In five pages this report examines these concepts from the perspectives of Democritus, Rene Descartes, and Aristotle. Six sources...

Philosophers on Dualism

In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...

Educational Philosophies of Rene Descartes

In five pages Descartes' philosophies regarding education are discussed and whether or not there is any evidence of them in the co...

Philosophy and Ten Questions

This paper consists of 12 pages and concerns asking famous philosophers such as George Berkeley, Rene Descartes, John Wisdom, Davi...

Rene Descartes and the Cartesian Circle

In five pages this paper examines skepticism, cogito, the truth rule, and the circular argument about God's existence within the c...

The Theory and Difficulties of Cartesian Dualism

which he uses to argue that the senses are not based in the physical world. This is also supported by his argument that madmen may...

Marxist Class Concept and Overdetermination

In seven pages this paper examines the overdetermination theory in a consideration of the Marxist class concept with the division ...

Knowledge and the Philosophies of Immanuel Kant, David Hume, Baruch Spinoza, and Rene Descartes

In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...

Siddhartha and Descartes

and space-- the factual historical figure and the imaginary Eastern mystic. Descartes criticism of Siddhartha One can imagine t...

'Evil Genius' and Rene Descartes

significance despite scholarly interpretations to the contrary, because Descartes, himself, rejects this line of reasoning (109). ...

Dualism Philosophy of Rene Descartes

mind may receive sensory perceptions from the brain, but it is able to act freely, based on thought processes. While it may have ...

Psychology and Its Philosophical Foundations

In five pages psychology and the foundations laid by philosophy are examined in a discussion of Herodotus, Socrates, Aquinas, Lock...

The Idea of Thought According to Descartes

This research report examines the ideas of the philosopher Rene Descartes and how he views reality. Is only the physical real? Ide...

Religion, Faith, and the Ontological Argument

In five pages this paper discusses the ontological argument and its impact upon faith and religion with scientific philosophical o...

Philosophy and Doubt of Rene Descartes

In five pages this paper discusses how doubt and reality is understood by philosopher Rene Descartes with his argument flaws also ...

Searle's Disagreement with the Mind Philosophy of Rene Descartes

In six pages Descartes' arguments regarding reality and existence as revealed in Meditations are examined along with Searle's obje...

Mind and Body Dualist Philosophy and Rene Descartes' Psychology

considering them in De homine, and proposing that there was some kind of interaction between the two, Descartes provided a more cl...