SEARCH RESULTS

The revolutionary philosophy of Rene Descartes as it is presented within Meditations on First Philosophy is explained in an essay ...

In four pages this paper discusses how Russell reacted to the 'dream demon' notion of Descartes, contrasting his perspective that ...

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

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

yet highly controversial Theory of Evolution in 1859, a theory impressive in its presentation and scientific reasoning but unmista...

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

the body dies (Island of Freedom, 2003). Although Descartes saw the mind and body as two separate substances and also having diff...

The Dominicans were like the Franciscans in that they were a mendicant order wherein the friars "vowed to live faithfully in pover...

born a Jew and lived under the Jewish law and system (Galatians 4:4). * Jesus life was characterized by service and humility (Phil...

"the cauldron of competing doctrines which swirled at the heart of the early church...All medieval philosophers drew on his work, ...

be the first cause (Philosophy Online, n.d.). 3. Everything that exists at one time did not and may not at some time in the future...

needs of the spirit, which were outlined through divine law (Pierce, 2002). The law of nature, Epictetus believed, was that the be...

In ten pages An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke and Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes are asses...

This paper examines the contingency theory and causality argument offered by Saint Thomas Aquinas in his cosmological theories on ...

choice of Adam and Eve to disobey Gods commandment (Law, 2007). According to Augustine, their acts brought about two crucial conse...

In nine pages specific questions are answered regarding Aristotle's position on happiness, virtue, knowledge, and wisdom, and then...

God is the world and the universe and it is just there. At the same time, he may be seen as both the cause of, and the universe, i...

In five pages this paper examines life's purpose and God as represented by these worldviews with such works as The Antichrist, Med...

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

there is a universal perception of God, it is not proof that he does exist. Perhaps the most important part of Descartess argument...

what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...

Science. But the absence of humanness to the drawing does not make the picture less perfect. It may nonetheless be a perfect depic...

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...

education, Aquinas was exposed to the work of the ancient Greek philosophers. Throughout his writing , Aquinas worked out a relati...

with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...

to the theist these two elements are not inherently intertwined with one another. The baby did burn in the fire and the baby will...

"experienced" internally in some manner, as well as externally via touch or logical use of the item in daily living. In thi...

Kant believed that accessing this moral law which was indeed universal consisted of relying on our own instincts, not in the realm...

the idea of punishment; the God of the Old Testament is particularly fierce in his judgments. So perhaps morality is in reality f...

one thing causing another to come into existence. While scientists can argue persuasively that the Big Bang was the beginning of t...