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believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...

is a rather immense task that philosophers have been dealing with for quite some time. The fact that no one can know the answer f...

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

This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...

Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...

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...

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

He continued to publish regularly throughout the 50s, winning great public recognition and awards, if not peace of mind." These pa...

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...

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

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...

his previous beliefs had rested, since he intends to analyse philosophically whether these beliefs are in fact valid, and if they ...

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

even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...

on behalf of those who embrace the concept of "green," including clean air, food and water, nothing much has really changed, eve w...

examine carefully Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum" statement, which was the original Latin for "I think, therefore I exist" - or...

He didnt believe that going to church necessarily related to a relationship with God. He felt that church almost got in the way o...

Thales (c. 600 BCE) Pythagoras (c. 550 BCE) Heraclitus (c. 500 BCE) George Berkeley (1685-1753) Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) were ...

do know for certain that objects exist, we must know of them through the mind and not the senses (Important arguments ...). Desca...

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

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

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

earlier generations focus on film or television. Koulikov (2005) in his study of hyperreality and simulation in anime, makes...

the Tahitian people. Noa Noa is the private journal and daily sketch book of Gauguin during his time there, though it is highly f...

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

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

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

body but the are not only of the body ("Rene," 2005). The mind controls these things. Mind also cannot be "thought without it thin...

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 ...