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of those objects were independent of his own thought processes: "I perceived certain objects wholly different from my thought, na...

a process that assumes that a persons own subjective construction of reality is more accessible than anything else. The process o...

The equation is Ks = Krf + B ( Km - Krf). Here Ks is the rate of return required, Krf is the risk free rate, usually measured...

horrible situations such as one that would deem them a "vegetable" do have some thinking capacity perhaps. Yet, is a disembodied m...

something called substance dualism such as the dualism of two different sorts of things like property dualism for example (1995). ...

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

based solely upon interpretive existence: 1) For an ordinary physical object (such as a tree) to really exist is for it to exist e...

a longer period of time, which serves to dilute the effectiveness of presence and the experiences intensity. With the sensation o...

less cost than other countries (Tabarrok, 2008). This means that every country can have a comparative advantage if they specialize...

ideas and moods. Also, the desire for immortality may be attached to the brain. This idea paints the human being as nothing more t...

to lose weight, media pressure to gain weight, and media pressure to increase muscle tone (McCabe et al, 2003). Both studi...

has written; there are even video and audio cassettes/DVDs explaining his approach to healing. As with his other publications, Qua...

Descartes, of course, is remembered as the "father of modern philosophy". A rationalist, Descartes was particularly concerned wit...

her last child moved out of the family home. Anti-depressants alleviated her condition somewhat, but made her feel groggy and deta...

In five pages this research paper examines the correlation between the mind and body within the context of Dr. Thomas S. Szasz's T...

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

considering them in De homine, and proposing that there was some kind of interaction between the two, Descartes provided a more cl...

In five pages this paper discusses how 'modern' man's ailments of the spirit, body, and mind can be cured by the beliefs contained...

mind may receive sensory perceptions from the brain, but it is able to act freely, based on thought processes. While it may have ...

In eight pages this paper examines Cartesian Dualism in this consideration of the problems associated with the mind and body. Sev...

In five pages the dualism that exist between mind and body is considered in the works of Cornman, Smart, and Fodor. Three sources...

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

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

there is noting upon which the beliefs of an individual may be based and built or expanded upon. Descartes Meditations It is in "...

of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...

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...

-- that is, our need to rise above ourselves in order to see and respond to others needs. Listening to the body helps us to know ...

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

also saw mind and body as two separate substance. The Descartes position on the mind-body problem combines the idea of substance d...