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    Introduction: Descartes uses his rule of clear and distinct perception and later his ontological argument to not only state the prerequisite criteria to be justifiably certain of something‚ but also prove the existence of God. Descartes Ontological argument is seemed as a must to fix any circularity problems in his rule of perceptions‚ as well as‚ in his belief proof the existence of an all powerful being. In this paper I will first explore the rule of clear and distinct perception and its charge

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    There are always two sides of the same coin‚ and the coin is the subject of existence. To go against Unger’s‚ I Do Not Exist‚ I will use Descartes view of dualism and the fact that‚ according to him‚ humans do exist. Yes‚ there are other views of existence that could go against both of these philosophical views‚ but Unger and Descartes really counterbalance each other. As mentioned before‚ Unger explains he doesn’t exist due to anything which exists having a finite amount of small parts. If these

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    Descartes constructs an argument for God’s existence on page 32-34 of his third meditation titled: Concerning God and He Exists. In this paper‚ I will summarize Descartes’s argument in my own words. Descartes is trying to find where his thoughts of God are coming from. He knows they couldn’t come from himself because for one he doubts‚ he has desires and he lacks stuff. Now‚ he is calling into question whether they are from his parents‚ but there is a problem with that interpretation too because

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    Introduction (33–36)‚ Descartes argues that our senses must be trustworthy because ideas that are innate to us‚ but defective‚ would not have been built into us by a God that is perfect (36). He shows this by first arguing for the existence of God‚ and from there he deduces that all of our clear and distinct ideas are innate and entirely trustworthy (36). By proving that all of our clear and distinct ideas are caused by God and that God is an infinite and perfect (non-deceptive) being‚ Descartes believes that

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    Descartes argument for the existence of God is based on two main principles. This is the principle of sufficient reasoning and the principle of adequate reality. The principle of sufficient reasoning means that everything has a cause. The principle of adequate reality is followed by sufficient reasoning and means that there must be at least as much reality in the cause as the effect. An example of having at least as much reality in the cause as the effect could be studying for a test and receiving

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    be any philosophical proof for this topic these are some questions Rene Descartes may make you wonder about when reading his Rationalist Epistemology. De omnibus dubitandum est (Everything is to be doubted) is part of his foundation

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    Dismantling Descartes’ Divisibility Argument In this paper‚ I will be discussing René Descartes’ Divisibility Argument in support for the idea of substance dualism. Descartes first presented this argument during the sixth meditation within his philosophic treatise‚ “Meditations on First Philosophy.” After making a series of assumptions and providing his argument via three premises‚ he concludes that the mind and the body can indeed exist apart. I intend to step through each of Descartes’ assumptions

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    sentenced to life in prison without any possibility of parole because they lack the maturity and brainpower to make responsible decisions with the knowledge of their consequences‚ teenagers ignore the process of rehabilitation to gain the possibility of a second chance‚ and many teens are sentenced unfairly due to the aspects of one’s life. One important difference between a teenager and an adult is the development of the brain. There have been studies through MRI machines that concluded that the part

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    Descartes claims in his Discourse on Method that our dreams and conscious thoughts are untrue‚ but is this truly the case? Because of these questions of existence‚ it seems like‚ if Descartes’s arguments are taken a certain way‚ his arguments might be taken to imply that our lives are just a dream. Are we living in a universal soap opera directed by the Divine‚ and the question of who shot J.R. will never be resolved because we will all wake on Judgment Day from the dream of existence? If we are

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