Descartes wishes to dismiss anything that can be doubted because he wishes to find a true foundation in which to build beliefs on. Using skepticism Descartes can find something beyond doubt to build true beliefs on. By doing so he hoped that his rationale would be accepted by the popular school of thought at the time known as “Scepticism” as well as those who‚ for Descartes‚ falsely believed in Aristotelian physics. From there Descartes can use their logic to appeal to the skeptics and ultimately
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“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light”‚ Plato said. Studying knowledge is something philosophers have been doing for as long as philosophy has been around. People always see just a part of things around the world. They need an open mind to understand more deep and wise into the world. It’s one of those perennial topics that philosophy has been refining since before the time of Plato. The discipline is known as epistemology
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As we saw in “Ape Genius”‚ the apes could observe others and learn how to use tools‚ for example‚ as we saw them with sticks used to retrieve insects; but they couldn’t teach others this new skill they had acquired. The apes could merely learn from observation‚ this meant
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subjectivity of our own thought and senses. The only thing we directly experience is the nature of our own ideas and we do not realise how our own appreciation of certain concepts may be very different from the objective character of the external world. Descartes takes a look at memory‚ imagination‚ hallucination‚ dreams‚ predictions‚ etc. which he calls our (sensory awareness) as these are part of the way we perceive the external world‚ he doubts at first that any of these internal experience holds any truth
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Descartes thought that he needed to subject everything he believed to the slightest possible doubt in order for him to find that one thing he could be definite of and that would therefore be revealed as something solid and certain. Descartes also noted that everything he believed has been acquired from the senses or by means of the senses but has learned that it is deceiving. He supposes then that however things can be felt‚ tasted‚ seen‚ smelled‚ heard or in short sensed‚ there is always a slight
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Animal testing needs to be illegal. In my introduction I began it with a statement that was quite striking. Most people would not associate cute little animals with a killing scientist. Throughout the whole speech the problem and solution are organized problem-cause-solution pattern. In the first paragraph I state the actual problem which is what animal testing is‚ the second paragraph I give the reasons for why people continue to still use animal testing‚ and the third paragraph
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Measure of a Genius Genius is a word which has different meanings. A genius is a person who has natural ability to use a higher mental capacity in uniquely creative or inventive ways. This ability is said to be given by Gods‚ which enable a person with the gifts to think abstractly. A genius conceptualizes ideas on a deeper level than that of an average thinker‚ giving him or her means to formulate ideas or solutions to problems that would otherwise be overlooked. In Burro Genius‚ written by the
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As Descartes and Locke worked consistently through out their lives to discover truth‚ many differences as well as similarities arose between the two. In regards to similarities‚ Locke considered all qualities of external objects to fall into one of two categories‚ primary or secondary. As previously mentioned‚ primary qualities are fixed in the object to make it what it is‚ and secondary qualities are all in the eye of the beholder. This idea from Locke agrees precisely with the distinctions made
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Alexander the Great was a military genius who acquired the largest empire in the ancient world in just fifteen short year. His empire stretched from greece to afghanistan. He was was the only greek ruler to defeat Persia and take control. During his fifteen year reign of terror he never lost a battle.Alexander the Great was one of the most ambitious and successful greek rulers of all time. Alexander the Great had the biggest empire the ancient world had ever seen. He gained this vast empire by force
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no one else before. Poe was misunderstood during his time. Many attributed this to his drinking or use of drugs. The line between reality‚ dark fantasy and despair became intertwined in his work‚ and this is where it can be said that Edgar was a genius. It took several years after his death for the American public to embrace him as the talented writer that he was. A 1934 article from Time Magazine argues that there’s more than one way to look at Poe’s work. The article is based on two biographies
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