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In nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...

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

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

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...

that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...

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

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

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

In four pages this paper examines how the 'dream demon' of Rene Descartes was perceived by philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau. The...

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

In two pages this essay considers Descartes' doubt methodology as it is represented in this Meditation. There is no bibliography ...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

image, a form, or a judgement, and concludes that an image or what individuals perceive as form can never be false. However, erro...

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

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

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

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

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...

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...

In six pages Descartes' arguments regarding reality and existence as revealed in Meditations are examined along with Searle's obje...

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 research paper argues that essence is not preceded by existence with supporting philosophical arguments from Dav...

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

In five pages this paper discusses how doubt and reality is understood by philosopher Rene Descartes with his argument flaws also ...