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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...

Siddhartha and Descartes

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

Refuting Rene Descartes' Argument 'I Think Therefore I Am'

off in the matter of modern political philosophies, it is still important to question what is meant by "think" or what defines the...

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 ...

Do Matter, Time, and Space Coexist?

In fourteen pages this essay examines the perspectives of theorists and philosophers including Albert Einstein, Aristotle, and Ren...

'Ghost in the Machine' and Rene Descartes

In a paper consisting of five pages Rene Descartes' life, philosophy particularly Cartesian Dualism, and whether or not it is curr...

Dream Demon of Rene Descartes and the Response by Jean Jacques Rousseau

In four pages this paper examines how the 'dream demon' of Rene Descartes was perceived by philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau. The...

Philosophical Perspectives on Passion and Human Happiness

In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...

Historical and Cultural Perspectives on William James' and Rene Descartes' Philosophies

In two pages this paper considers what impact history and culture had on the philosophies of William James and Rene Descartes. Tw...

Philosophical Arguments Pertaining to God's Existence

In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...

Scientific Psychology and Negative Consequences of the Dualism Between Mind and Body as Theorized by René Descartes

In two pages this paper examines that despite positive moral and religious consequences regarding Rene Descartes' dualism theory o...

'Self' and Existence

In six pages this research paper argues that essence is not preceded by existence with supporting philosophical arguments from Dav...

Historical Context Regarding Philosophy's Intent

In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...

Asia and Western Expansionism

The ways in which modernization in Asia was influenced by Western expansion are examined in five pages with references made to She...

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...

A Look at The Meditations by Descartes

According to Descartes a human being used his facilities to gain knowledge of his own world. No one would particularly argue with ...

Dreaming and Descartes' First Meditation

of his faculties he created the hyperbolic doubt. Hyperbolic doubt is when one sets aside the information gained by any sense that...

Discussing the First Meditation of Descartes

Meditation, the three skeptical arguments are that one does not really know if he or she is dreaming, that one does not know wheth...

Descartes' Second Meditation

what state they are in. Here, Descartes distinguishes the mind from the soul. He writes: "It further occurred to me that I was nou...

Descartes' Meditations: The Certainty of Truth

the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...

Literary Application of Rene Descartes' Method

Goldings Lord of the Flies, for example, gives a view of civilised society which is by no means optimistic. He takes a group of ch...

Philosophical Essay Applications

defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...

Improving Rene Descartes' Psychology Limitations with the 'Conscious Mental State' of William James

In two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...

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. ...

Existence of God According to Rene Descartes

In six pages the proof Descartes offered that God exists is considered but other relevant issues such as why he would have been mo...

Rene Descartes, Aristotle, and Plato on Reality and the Soul

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how this trio of philosophers perceived the soul and reality in a consideration of...

Existence and Rene Descartes

In six pages this research paper examines Descartes' 'I think therefore I am' argument regarding existence. Six sources are cited...

How Culture and History Influenced the Philosophical Perspectives of William James and Rene Descartes

In two pages this paper examines how the philosophies of these two theorists were influenced by history and their respective cultu...