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In ten pages this paper examines what philosophy represents as considered in Philosophy The Quest For Truth by Louis R. Pojman a...

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 the numbers of scientists and "practitioners" (cartographers), instrumentmakers, navigators, and so on), and the consequent cre...

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

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

In six pages this paper examines an X Files episode form 1998 in a consideration of whether or not personhood can be experienced b...

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

beyond their own myopic existence. Can conscious experience be separate from the brain, and can conscious experience wield causal...

the belief that God created all plants and animals, as well as the universe itself, as recounted in the Old Testament. Evolutioni...

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...

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at skepticism in philosophy. The skeptical writings of Montaigne, Pascal, and Descartes...

rising above childhoods of extreme poverty or abuse, yet cases do occur. James second argument in defense of free will point to th...

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...

that the object of thought is capable of being. Hume understands that, quite simplistically, the soul is simply . . . the soul. ...

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...

In five pages this report compares Hume and Berkeley in terms of their philosophies' differences and similarities particularly as ...

In two pages this paper examines philosophy's role and human activity purpose as well as Socrates' defense as represented in Apolo...

In nine pages this paper examines teaching philosophies in this overview that explores the relationship between philosophy and edu...

by humanity, without turning to any other body of factual information or knowledge. In other words, it is possible for people to c...

This essay discusses the role of doubt in religion as well as how different world views develop within the same religion. Three p...

This article summary describes a study, Chen (2014), which pertains to nontraditional adult students and the application of adult ...

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

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

demonstrating the current influences and the wonders of the modern world that have already taken place. We can argue it is only by...

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

Plato and Anselm . He talks about seeking truth and wisdom consistently throughout the text. For Augustine, "Truth is one, and Go...

dominated by Aristotelianism (McMullen, 2002). Due to the dominance of Aristotelianism, the idea of mechanical philosophy did not...

principle being expressed is that everything which causes change, or gives rise to existence, must be the result of some predecess...

apply to all of them. First, in the Buddhist tradition, there is no charge for any part of the program. Hosts not only do not ch...

components of our existence. From a historical perspective meditation has played a tremendously important role even in the United...