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it, these are all abstractions on the concept of the apple in the first place. These notions could not be made without the immedi...

way they are like human beings who are mentally handicapped. Animals have souls and are loving and lovable, but they do not have t...

essentially wrong is when words appear on his computer screen-something that should not happen-and hes told to "follow the white r...

awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...

accept the cogito at face value. It is only after answering an objection, that he comes up with a conclusion, which is that while ...

perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...

karma, the single-most component of unethical behavior. People are constantly judged; every moment of every day, all that they do...

it is also the case that in general terms, people seem to believe what they see. They do not see atoms and they do see a solid mas...

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

and truth, Benjamin (2002) surmises how those who have invested both time and pains in its postulations should partake of a greate...

be deceiving. This is his first error, but we can guard against it be not placing "absolute confidence in that by which we have e...

experience, will readily be admitted with regard to such objects, as we remember to have once been altogether unknown to us..." (A...

or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...

Smarts philosophies regarding the correlation between brain and mind are supported by a number of historic philosophers and scient...

what is not. Descartes method of systematic doubt is to "reject as if absolutely false anything as to which I could imagine t...

his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...

1585 The beginning rudiments of mathematics began practically at the beginning of mans reign on the earth. The first indiv...

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at skepticism in philosophy. The skeptical writings of Montaigne, Pascal, and Descartes...

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

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...

Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...

the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...

which he uses to argue that the senses are not based in the physical world. This is also supported by his argument that madmen may...

in Greece since 4 BCE, those who dared to doubt or who said it was okay to express doubts and questions werent held in high regard...

enlightenment philosophy? What form did those ideas take in classical criminological thought?" First, a look at each of the named...

Some (not Descartes) focused on the fact that reality is mainly material - these are the materialists (What is Philosophy?). Other...

rising above childhoods of extreme poverty or abuse, yet cases do occur. James second argument in defense of free will point to th...

is entirely necessitated, as the motions of any mechanism must be. Thus the causes of the human mechanisms choices and actions ar...

of one of the most powerful nations in the world. It was only through slavery that the United States was able to grow huge crops i...