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    Hyatt Descartes

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    Linda Hyatt Professor Kelley PHIL101 30 November 2014 Descartes Project Descartes was a well-known French philosopher‚ some would say a scientist‚ others a mathematician. Truth was he was really a little of each‚ however the things he is known most for is being the doubter. Descartes used the method of doubt to defeat skepticism on its very own turf. During this essay I will be explaining the process by which Descartes uses skepticism to refute skepticism‚ the first principles he was lead to‚ and

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    Doubt‚ Dualism‚ and Descartes Rene Descartes’ “Meditations on First Philosophy” was written during a time of new ideas and those radical ideas’ subsequent scrutiny and rejection by the Vatican‚ Descartes’ idea on philosophy forever changed western philosophy by challenging the accepted ideas of Classical Greek Philosophers and Greek revivalists. With the revival of Greek and Roman art and architecture came also a renewed interest in science‚ knowledge‚ and philosophy. In this new revivalism in

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    Descartes Dualism

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    How successful are Descartes’ arguments for the real distinction of mind from body? Upon which would you put the most weight? Using the arguments from doubt‚ from clear and distinct perceptions‚ and from simplicity‚ Descartes attempts to prove in “The Meditations” that the mind (that is the soul or the “thinking thing”) is distinct and separate from the body (the extended‚ unthinking thing). This view is now known as Cartesian Dualism. In this essay I will outline Descartes’ main arguments‚

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    The Play Doubt

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    Robert Burke Theatre Appreciation Play “ Doubt” My first reaction to this play was restricted because of the lack of my open mindedness. This would happen to be my first and only play I have ever seen or even thought of seeing. I didn’t expect much but as it started it began to catch my attention and make me actually want to listen and take in the purpose and meaning of this particular act. Having not knowing what other plays are like‚ I thought this one was pretty cool because the stage was

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    Descartes and Hume

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    and through skepticism the modern world began. The French philosopher‚ René Descartes who implemented reason to find truth‚ as well as the British empiricist David Hume with his usage of analytic-synthetic distinction‚ most effectively utilized the practices of skepticism in the modern world. René Descartes was the first philosopher to introduce the intellectual system known as "radical doubt." According to Descartes‚ everything he had learned before could have possibly been tainted by society

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    Descartes and Newton

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    Descartes and Newton The old saying "great minds think alike" is not just an old saying. It was at least partially true concerning the minds of Rene Descartes and Isaac Newton. The significant scientific contributions of each man share some common concepts and methodologies‚ but they generally explored different topics of research. Each scientist based his beliefs on different mind sets. The similarities between Newton and Descartes are found deep in the foundations of their beliefs and

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    Matrix and Descartes

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    similarity between the movie The Matrix‚ the cave analogy of Plato‚ and Descartes’ Meditation‚ is that all of these works doubt the reality of the world around us and call into question the validity of our sense perceptions. “Let us suppose‚” says Descartes‚ “that we are dreaming‚ and that all these particulars – namely‚ the opening of the eyes‚ the motion of the head‚ the forth-putting of the hands – are merely illusions” (Descartes‚ 1641‚ Meditations on First Philosophy). Likewise Plato proposed an

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    Rene Descartes

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    College Algebra September 28‚ 2013 Essay René Descartes – Discourse on Method “How can I know what is true?“ - this is the main question that René Decartes discusses in Discourse on Method. He talks about the desire he always had to distinguish the true from the false in order to see clearly in his actions. Apart from this‚ he points out several principles that he established in order to confirm his knowledge. To begin with‚ René Descartes central objective is to reach certainty and in this

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    Descartes' Epistemology

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    Epistemology ------------------------------------------------- Carefully explain Descartes’ cogito and his attempt to build his knowledge structure from the ground up. (Be as succinct as possible.) Does Descartes succeed or fail in that attempt? Justify your answer in full. Descartes’ Epistemology This essay attempts to explain Descartes’ epistemology of his knowledge‚ his “Cogito‚ Ergo Sum” concept (found in the Meditations)‚ and why he used it [the cogito concept] as a foundation when building

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    Descartes: Meditations

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    reason. In this one brief text‚ Descartes turns many of the old doctrines‚ created by Aristotle‚ upside down and frames many of the questions that are still being debated in philosophy today. Among other things‚ Descartes breaks down Aristotle’s notion that all knowledge comes via the senses and that mental states must in some way resemble what they are about. In so doing‚ he develops an entirely new conception of mind‚ matter‚ ideas‚ and much more. Rene Descartes explains that in order to even begin

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