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In five pages Descartes' Second Meditation is explored in terms of his analysis of what the perception of melting beeswax would be...

even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...

This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...

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

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 five pages this essay discusses Descartes' reality in terms of deconstruction and reconstruction. There are no other sources l...

In five pages this essay discusses how rational foundationalism is explored by Descartes in his Meditations on the First Philosoph...

In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...

In five pages Descartes' philosophies regarding education are discussed and whether or not there is any evidence of them in the co...

unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...

Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...

that can render a thought or a concept wrong. One can do a study one day to prove that cholesterol is bad, and then another day, a...

This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...

having been created by a supreme and ethereal being, whose own creation is inherent to that of all He created. Based upon his def...

believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...

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...

is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...

also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...

and philosophy have looked at such issues. Some contemporary philosophers claim that all things are really comprised of energy and...

In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...

it is thought to be an intuition in respect to "ones own reality" (2003). It is in essence "an expression of the indubitability of...

"I easily understand that, if some body exists, with which my mind is so conjoined and united as to be able, as it were, to consid...

really know anything. People take things for granted in their daily lives and this is wrong. In any event, the dreaming argument i...

work on the dual nature of man, which puts him firmly in the camp of philosophers. But he also had a tremendous influence on psych...

He found that he could not believe in something unless its certainty was unquestionable. He only believed in the concrete, the po...

In six pages human nature is the focus in an overview that contrasts Descartes' philosophy with that of George Berkeley's with cri...

entire world does not revolve around them? Descartess dreaming argument likely suggests more than ones inability to determine whet...

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

In six pages this essay examines the preface and each of the Meditations in terms of its primary points, the relationship that exi...

In two pages this essay considers Descartes' doubt methodology as it is represented in this Meditation. There is no bibliography ...