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    Kant and Descartes

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    Liz Johnson December 12‚ 2012 Kant and Descartes “Idealism is the assertion there are none but thinking thing beings. All other things‚ which we believe are perceived in intuitions‚ are nothing but presentations in the thinking things‚ to which no object external to them in fact corresponds. Everything we see is just a construction of the mind.” (Prolegomena). Idealism maintains that there are no objects in the world‚ only minds. According to idealism‚ the existence of outer objects is

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    Descartes’ philosophy begins in doubt. The first step towards certainty‚ the Archimedean point from which the whole structure will grow‚ is the discovery of the existence of the self. At the beginning of Meditation II‚ reflecting on the evil genius posited at the end of Meditation I‚ Descartes observes: ‘Let him deceive me as much as he can‚ he will never bring it about that I am nothing so long as I think that I am something… I must finally conclude that this proposition‚ I am‚ I exist‚ is necessarily

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    will argue that the clearest difference between Descartes and Nietzsche here is that whereas Descartes thought that ideas are passive‚ Nietzsche thought the opposite. Well‚ Descartes tries to prove the existence of God‚ which is the condition of establishing/ensuring an external world‚ including inter-subjectivity‚ in his view. God is a precondition of the innate ideas and connection with the surrounding world. There’s no doubt in the mind of Descartes that God exist. Hence‚ he is claiming that faith/religion

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    I Robot and Descartes

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    Philosophy and Literature 253 Midterm Exam October 7 2012 “Oh‚ Jupiter‚ a robot Descartes!” Asimov’s short story “Reasons” in I‚ Robot is the fictional account of a robots creation of his own path of reasoning. Much like Descartes‚ the Robot‚ Cutie‚ is curious about the truth of his existence and plans to find the answers out for himself. Cutie is a self-aware‚ reasoning robot on a station in space in the year 2015‚ and all he knows are the things in his immediate surrounding‚ which isn’t much

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    Descartes and Locke

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    DESCARTES AND LOCKE (Knowledge) One of the most important branches in philosophy‚ is Epistemology‚ which means‚ theory of knowledge. So far‚ philosophers have made many attempts to discover the source of knowledge‚ the standards or criteria by which we can judge the reliability of knowledge. We tend to be satisfied with think what we know about almost everything‚ even though sometimes we are shocked to discover that something that we thought it was sure and certain

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    Descartes Rationale

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    Whereas with Descartes I first provided a brief review of his philosophy (particularly the cogito)‚ then explored secondary sources that posit Ignatian influence‚ I will here both briefly review Lonergan’s philosophy (particularly the “self-affirmation of the knower” ) and suggest traces of Ignatian influence. My rationale for focusing on the self-affirmation of the knower is that it contains the most traces of Ignatian influence‚ and it overlaps with Descartes’s cogito‚ thus allowing readers of

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    Normally‚ I would include quotes from the article but because we are using a plagiarism tool online‚ I thought it would consider direct quotes as plagiarism even if I cite the source in my write up. The article I chose is called‚ “Synthesis of a Genius” by George Kauffman and Steven Chooljian. The area of exploration and discovery that I chose was the synthesis of urea in chemistry. Urea was discovered by Friedrich Wohler‚ in 1828. This discovery ultimately changed the belief at the time that

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    Descartes’ Cogito argument and defective nature doubt are mutually damaging to each other’s respective claims. Defective nature dismisses logic yet Cogito uses it‚ by doing so Descartes contradicts himself‚ falling trap to his own scrutiny. Ruling out his own perception‚ how can Descartes make plausible claims when he doubts his very ability to do so? The reasoning behind Descartes’ doubtfulness is that‚ in essence‚ he wants to know what he can and cannot doubt. If Descartes knows what is doubtable

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    Genius Coaching Model

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    coaching Coaching creative talent can be exciting‚ hugely rewarding and extremely challenging. Alec McPhedran outlines a coaching framework for developing creative people – GENIUS Turning ideas into reality n my naïve‚ innocent‚ early days‚ coaching was working with the client‚ imparting my worldly knowledge and wisdom as well as‚ sometimes‚ working on their ideas. Of course‚ it’s actually about working solely on the individual’s agenda‚ developing his ideas‚ stretching his thinking – hands-on

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    13th‚ 2012 An Analysis of Descartes’ First Meditation In Descartes’ First Meditation‚ Descartes’ overall intention is to present the idea that our perceptions and sensations are flawed and should not be trusted entirely. His purpose is to create the greatest possible doubt of our senses. To convey this thought‚ Descartes has three main arguments in the First Meditation: The dream argument‚ the deceiving God argument‚ and the evil demon “or evil genius”. Descartes’ dream argument argues that

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