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Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...

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

In four pages Descartes' contention that the mind is known more easily than the body is evaluated along with a consideration of th...

In five pages this research paper discusses Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in terms of deductive reasoning and an eval...

In five pages this paper examines the French philosopher's text as it explains his approaches to recognizing knowledge that is 'tr...

In five pages two of Descartes' arguments are analyzed in terms of the nature of object existence and the determination of dreamin...

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

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...

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...

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

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

infinite substance: God, "the universal essence or nature of everything that exists" (Wozniak, 1995). Spinoza (1997) persevered a...

This research report examines ideas by Descartes and internal aspects of one's being are explored. True knowledge is one concept h...

tacit knowledge internalizes it. Tacit knowledge lead to explicit concepts through things like metaphors, models, analogies or fro...

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...

questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...

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

2002) . Rene Descartes on the other hand delved into the idea of immediate conscious thinking (2002). Locke viewed identity as be...

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

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

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

in order to establish a firm foundation of understanding in his or her life. In knowledge there is inherent value and wealth; dwe...

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

This research report looks at Hume and Descartes and their ideas about reason. It is claimed that Hume minimized the use of reason...

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

philosophy" was intent on raising philosophical debate above the aesthetic and theological interests which had held it captive for...

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

In two pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes' theory on the dualism between the mind and body had negative consequences fo...

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

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