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of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...

logically be at a variance. So, for the person uttering the statement about the validity of the solidness of the chair, it may ver...

function can be said to be literal. In other words, what is inferred in immediately testable and will hold true for every person. ...

experience, will readily be admitted with regard to such objects, as we remember to have once been altogether unknown to us..." (A...

is an objective reality, people are basically defining what is real and what is not. Life becomes confusing. Loeb (1986) explains...

be deceiving. This is his first error, but we can guard against it be not placing "absolute confidence in that by which we have e...

really know anything. People take things for granted in their daily lives and this is wrong. In any event, the dreaming argument i...

The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...

is dreaming or not and finally, the last statement in the proof is a conclusion that says that he does not know whether or not he ...

Cartesian dualism is also known as the "mind-body problem" and establishes that there are clearly separate and distinct aspects of...

for answers related to existence or transcendence. Interestingly, many will read his arguments, which are admittedly logical and w...

it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...

It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...

They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...

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....

This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...

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...

at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...

it, these are all abstractions on the concept of the apple in the first place. These notions could not be made without the immedi...

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...

a desire to find out something that is known for sure. It is of course hard to know anything is certain. Some people today questio...

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...

also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...

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

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

can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...

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