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is an idea that makes sense. Descartes went the other way, contending that it is the thought process that defines the human being ...

and change. He did not perceive the world as having changed greatly, but instead perceived the same world in a much different lig...

In five pages the First Meditation of Rene Descartes is examined in terms of dream doubt and how perception examples fall short of...

you either mistake it for something else, or you can easily understand how someone might come to do this" (89). In this way, Bouws...

In five pages this research paper contrasts and compares 16th century mind concepts of Rene Descartes and 20th century counterpart...

In five pages psychology and the foundations laid by philosophy are examined in a discussion of Herodotus, Socrates, Aquinas, Lock...

professor is a good example of the difference between intellectual knowledge and sense knowledge. To take that a step beyond, and ...

the pagan world, sex was considered a divine gift and it carried none of the sense of sin and punishment that became associated wi...

assented to three kinds of knowledge: intuitive, demonstrative, and sensitive and all are based upon the concept of "ideas" (Kenyo...

philosophy and political theory for the past 400 years has been incalculable. Locke and Innate Principles In the "Essay Concerni...

the class they come from. The nautre is open and forgiving, they have short attention spans and any negative emotions are likely t...

upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...

a core belief of Christianity that one can find on any Christian Church Web site, regardless of whether that organization is a mai...

all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...

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

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

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

the government have the right to act? By what measure can one say that an existing government is a rightful one? Hobbess...

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

in their business. On the other side are those who want totalitarian rule, where the people have little say in what goes on. Betwe...

In five pages Descartes' Meditation III is analyzed in terms of affirmations, denials, knowledge, and the existence of God. There...

In three pages philosophers Hume, Descartes, and Aristotle are applied to the concepts of man's nature, the existence of God, and ...

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

(1757) were published when he was only in his mid to late twenties. In the same time period, he married an Irish Catholic woman na...

the time, which was that an absolute monarchy was not an adequate form of governance because it contained no means by which indivi...

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

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...

do not assert any observation sentences (Yancy, 1995). And in fact, science and philosophy truly have a lot in common. Both scient...

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...

One will of course possess an impression from the sight, and supposes that there is a causal relationship between the flames and t...