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The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In nine pages this paper examines the role of personal morality in attaching meaning to life in a comparative analysis of Meno and...
being and his conviction that he is in a certain location, dressed in a certain way, but then goes on to compare his situation wit...
In two pages this report examines the Empiricism characterized by the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and the rationa...
In six pages this research paper examines Descartes' 'I think therefore I am' argument regarding existence. Six sources are cited...
the other mind theory. "...The problem lies in the belief that in looking for evidence of other minds, we need to start off from ...
In six pages the proof Descartes offered that God exists is considered but other relevant issues such as why he would have been mo...
In five pages this report examines Descartes' First Philosophy regarding nature and God's existence as featured in his First Medit...
In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...
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. ...
In five pages this paper discusses how Descartes' philosophy of reality is presented in the 1641 publication of The Meditations. ...
The beliefs of Rene Descartes and other humanist philosophers are considered within the context of Turing's argument that a comput...
This research report examines ideas by Descartes and internal aspects of one's being are explored. True knowledge is one concept h...
In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...