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

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

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

the body dies (Island of Freedom, 2003). Although Descartes saw the mind and body as two separate substances and also having diff...

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

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

"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...

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...

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...

cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...

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

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...

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

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

the fire next to him. Therefore, he reasons that the effect, the idea of God, must have a cause in reality. Descartes writes, "B...

"wears" but has nothing to do with the actual internal identity of the individual. The British philosopher Gilbert Rye referred to...

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...

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

In six pages this research paper and essay considers how God's existence or lack thereof was argued by these three philosophers. ...

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

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

In five pages this report examines Descartes' First Philosophy regarding nature and God's existence as featured in his First Medit...

In five pages the sense of wonder Descartes conjures in his Third Meditation regarding the existence of God is examined. There ar...

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

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

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

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