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    his certainty of knowledge without doubt. They also raise arguments of how Descartes doubt has lead him to partial answers. By evaluating Descartes’s method of doubt and the logic used to support his conclusions one can come to better understanding of human mind and body existence. By understanding the criticisms of Descartes‚ one can question the possibility of doubting everything and coming to the conclusions of Descartes that

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    us which logical possibility correctly describes reality; and as property dualism is just as logically possible as substance dualism‚ the latter cannot be the right account of the mind and body. What Descartes needs to show (to secure the success of his argument‚ i.e. demonstrate that the mind and the body are separate substances) is that it is logically impossible for the mind and body to be the same substance; but‚ as he fails to do this‚ I must reject his conceivability argument‚ and Cartesian

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    innate‚ fictitious and adventitious. According to Descartes‚ innate ideas have always been instilled in us while fictitious and adventitious ideas are just figments of our imaginations. He states the the innate idea of Gods existence is placed in us by God himself and denies the possibility of God being fictitious or adventitious. He does state however‚ that innate beliefs must be accompanied by experiences in order to acquire optimal knowledge. Descartes’ theories and applications offer much insight

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    True Knowledge – Descartes vs. Plato Many philosophers have tried to figure out what exactly true knowledge is. For years they have been asking questions and looking deep into the mind to better understand the methods needed to get to true knowledge. If we go back to some of the earliest philosophers we meet Plato in Greece. Plato tried to take on the question himself in a fictional conversation he wrote up between Socrates and Meno‚ and in which we see some insight to what he believes it is

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    Methods and Meditations on First Philosophy is a discourse by Rene Descartes‚ which largely focuses on the nature of humanity and divinity. This essay is a discussion of this discourse‚ and will summarize‚ explain and object to various parts of his work. The majority of this essay focuses on Descartes Sixth Meditation‚ which includes his argument that corporeal things do exist. 1. There clearly exists a passive faculty of sensing and I use it involuntarily. 2. If there exists a passive faculty

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    One of the most heavily studied topics of research of philosopher Rene Descartes is the nature of the mind‚ its relationship with our physical bodies‚ and how they interact in allowing us to know the nature of things and perceive reality. From Descartes’ writings‚ it is evident that our ability to perceive the world around us is due more to our intellect than our sensory abilities. Having read and analyzed Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy‚ I intend on proving how the mind is more important

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    Throughout the past years we had great philosophers who expressed their studies and conclusions that made them very famous. Rene Descartes and John Locke were two philosophers that had the same idea‚ but different views of it. Descartes was a rationalist‚ which are people that argue that only reason can separate reality from illusion and give meaning to experience. The idea that eliminates reasoning can produce certain truths about reality and those important truths can be discovered without observations

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    Descartes’ reasons for believing in substance dualism relies on several arguments including his argument for certainty or knowledge. The argument relies on the idea that I can be certain of my mind but not my body or any other physical thing‚ so my mind is not a physical thing. In this paper‚ I will argue that Descartes’ assessment of the mind-body connection makes a jump in its logic by declaring that the mind cannot be physical‚ even though his certainty argument does not take into account that

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    or even the writing styles‚ nothing can compare to how closely related and similar Jonathan Swift and René Descartes are to one another. Although Swift’s “A Modern Proposal” is satire and complete nonsense‚ while Descartes’ “The Discourse on Method” is serious‚ both authors focus on methods‚ proposals‚ and step-by-step ways to come to a final verdict for their own separate topic. Descartes and Swift do not share the same subject or content; it is completely different - one is making a proposal about

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    Rene Descartes lived from 1596 to 1650. He was born in France‚ and went to a Jesuit primary school. He earned a law degree‚ but later on he began focusing on math and logic in the world. During the early 17th century‚ his ideas deviated more and more from previous philosophers. Because of this‚ he became known as “The Father of Modern Philosophy.” While some of his ideas weren’t completely original‚ his way of getting to them was. He believed in totally ignoring everything previous philosophers

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