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"by posing the question in terms of relation between thinking subject, deity, and external world, Descartes made a purely epistemo...

a desire to find out something that is known for sure. It is of course hard to know anything is certain. Some people today questio...

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

Tis essay presents a summary and discussion of the perspectives presented by Rene Descartes in his "Discourse on the Method," part...

The beliefs of Rene Descartes and other humanist philosophers are considered within the context of Turing's argument that a comput...

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

In five pages this paper examines skepticism, cogito, the truth rule, and the circular argument about God's existence within the c...

In six pages Rene Descartes' Meditations are used to distinguish between dreaming and the waking reality state. There are no othe...

In five pages this report examines these concepts from the perspectives of Democritus, Rene Descartes, and Aristotle. Six sources...

Rene Descartes' Second Meditation is analyzed in 5 pages with sensory information interpretation and truth the primary focus of di...

In six pages this argumentative paper examines object perception as represented by Rene Descartes wiht a discussion of physical se...

the belief that God created all plants and animals, as well as the universe itself, as recounted in the Old Testament. Evolutioni...

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

8. In order to distinguish between the activities of God and the activities of created things, we must explain the conception of a...

logically be at a variance. So, for the person uttering the statement about the validity of the solidness of the chair, it may ver...

function can be said to be literal. In other words, what is inferred in immediately testable and will hold true for every person. ...

(Anonymous The Philosophy of Ren? Descartes, 2002; phildescartes1.htm). In 1629 settled himself in Holland, a place which appar...

was changing in terms of philosophy. John Lockes The Second Treatise of Civil Government is rather compelling and in fact, free ch...

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

going to equal seven. He states in his Mediations on First Philosophy: "SEVERAL years have now elapsed since I first became awar...

for answers related to existence or transcendence. Interestingly, many will read his arguments, which are admittedly logical and w...

thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....

unique opinion about the theory. The author then indicates that "the Cartesian myth is insidious. It can assume many guises, an...

thing" sets the stage for each of his subsequent steps. In Step 2 he delineates his completeness into one of its two parts, the b...

Cartesian dualism is also known as the "mind-body problem" and establishes that there are clearly separate and distinct aspects of...

is dreaming or not and finally, the last statement in the proof is a conclusion that says that he does not know whether or not he ...

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

In five pages this paper discusses the ontological argument and its impact upon faith and religion with scientific philosophical o...

In nine pages the contemporary world is related to the Discourse and Meditations of Rene Descartes. Four sources are cited in the...

In five pages Meditation I and Meditation II of Rene Descartes are analyzed. There is no bibliography included....