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Reality According to the Philosophy of Rene 'I Think, Therefore I Am' Descartes

In five pages this paper discusses how Descartes' philosophy of reality is presented in the 1641 publication of The Meditations. ...

Knowledge and the Philosophies of Immanuel Kant, David Hume, Baruch Spinoza, and Rene Descartes

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

Melting Beeswax and the Philosophy of Rene Descartes

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

Educational Philosophies of Rene Descartes

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

Dream Argument of Rene Descartes

entire world does not revolve around them? Descartess dreaming argument likely suggests more than ones inability to determine whet...

Rene Descartes, Philosophy and Psychology

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...

Rene Descartes and Aristotle on Knowledge

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

Meditations on First Philosophy and Systemic Doubt of Rene Descartes

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

Film The Matrix and the Philosophies of Rene Descartes and Jean Paul Sartre

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...

Morality and Knowledge According to Friedrich Nietzsche, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Rene Descartes

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...

Existence and Rene Descartes

In six pages this research paper examines Descartes' 'I think therefore I am' argument regarding existence. Six sources are cited...

Rene Descartes' First and Second Meditations

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...

Rene Descartes, Aristotle, and Plato on Reality and the Soul

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

How Culture and History Influenced the Philosophical Perspectives of William James and Rene Descartes

In two pages this paper examines how the philosophies of these two theorists were influenced by history and their respective cultu...

Analysis of Rene Descartes' Two Meditations

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

Skeptical Challenge and 'Meditation' Argument of Rene Descartes

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

Human Nature as Perceived by Rene Descartes

In six pages human nature is the focus in an overview that contrasts Descartes' philosophy with that of George Berkeley's with cri...

Searle's Disagreement with the Mind Philosophy of Rene Descartes

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

Meditations on the First Philosophy by Rene Descartes and 'Freeing the Mind'

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

Philosophical Essay Applications

defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...

Meditations of Rene Descartes

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

Meditation on Knowledge and Philosophy of Rene Descartes

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

Human Knowledge and Three Meditations of Rene Descartes

In six pages Descartes' knowledge philosophy is examined in terms of dreams and reality as it pertains to the principles he outlin...

Mind and Body in the Meditations of Rene Descartes

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

Sensory Perceptions and Meditations of Rene Descartes

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

Improving Rene Descartes' Psychology Limitations with the 'Conscious Mental State' of William James

In two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...

Third Meditation of Rene Descartes

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

Man's Soul and God Contemplated in Philosophy Essays

In three pages philosophers Hume, Descartes, and Aristotle are applied to the concepts of man's nature, the existence of God, and ...

God and Nature According to Baruch Spinoza

In seven pages this paper examines the perspectives of this seventeenth century philosopher in terms of man's natural existence an...

God, Knowledge, Wisdom, and Virtue According to Descartes and Aristotle

In nine pages specific questions are answered regarding Aristotle's position on happiness, virtue, knowledge, and wisdom, and then...