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This paper considers how Descartes used doubt to prove his own existence. There are three sources in this five page paper. ...

manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...

of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...

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...

highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...

for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...

in his own personal progress at the cost of everything else. He was wholly supportive of the scientific community during the Enli...

acknowledging it as the source from which the mind receives sensory information. However, Kant argued that the mind cannot know th...

In five pages a case study involving whether or not to have a baby or have an abortion is examined in an application of the theori...

Crises arise that usher in change, systems achieve equilibrium for a time and then begin to change again, leading to another round...

in earlier times it was regarded only as the poor relation of quantitative research that nearly always was less reliable and far l...

(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...

well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

the old mans money to the poor. While he fears being found out, when he is, the people not only forgive him, but elect him their n...

world, one would find the "ideal tree of which all trees which we see are copies, the ideal house and ideas of all other objects i...

constructed and the meaning made perfectly clear so that all understand what types of behavior will be tolerated and which will no...

dilemma of a single woman who is part of what the politicians and social scientists refer to as a member of the "working poor" soc...

permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...

Each criticized the foundationalist approach advocated by Russell. Rorty (1989, 87), for example, insisted:...

agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...

of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...

In five pages Aristotle's concept of happiness with an emphasis upon a life of contemplation is discussed. Five sources are cited...

an almost detached amusement. He describes them rushing about, in a hurry to get to work and to work as hard as they can. However,...

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...

In order to explore his general theory, it pays to look at his Second Treatise of Civil Government. It is rather compelling and ...

It is further rather specific in that it notes particular parts of history which ultimately culminates in a state of communism (19...

must recognize that the consciousness (cit) is a separate phenomena which is present regardless of the presence or absence of stim...

learning, which was the current philosophy of his day (American Philosopher John Dewey). Since the inception of Deweys e...

We can better understand this by invoking a comparison. A generalist would demand sameness in terms of how something functions ca...