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    Descartes

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    DESCARTES’ COGITO ARGUMENT Discourse‚ Part Four‚ pg. 19 – 20 1. Anything that is the slightest bit open to doubt‚ I reject as completely false. 2. My senses sometimes deceive me therefore they are open to doubt. 3. Everything that comes to me through the senses should be rejected as completely false. (1‚ 2) 4. My reasoning‚ like that of any other human being‚ is fallible and therefore open to doubt. 5. All conclusions that I arrive at by using my reasoning should be

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    Descartes Imitation

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    Descartes is totally right to be suspicious about ’the given’ before accepting it as the establishment of learning‚ however‚ in the meantime‚ it is not the bravest thought to be distrustful about everything. Throughout first MeditationDescartes disposes of all his past obtained opinion‚ which from his sense is highly dubious. (DescartesMeditations I‚ pg.1‚para. 1) Accordingly‚ he chooses to rebuild his insight from a specific ground and totally believe in things that are indubitable. (Descartes

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    Meditation in Buddhism

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    Meditation in Buddhism Buddhists pursue meditation as a means to attain their goal of escaping suffering and the cycles of rebirth: the achievement of nirvana (Pali: nibbãna). The practice of meditation has been directly derived from Buddha’s own experiences and teachings as it is generally accepted that the Buddha himself reached enlightenment through meditation. Meditation can be contextualized as part of the Noble Eightfold Path‚ the fourth of the Buddha’s Four Nobel Truths‚ specifically 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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    Descartes

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    Descartes was the first mathematician to use the notation where the letters at the beginning of the alphabet represent data and the letters at the end of the alphabet to represent variables or unknowns. Descartes’ understanding of algebra was deep. He stated that the number of distinct roots of an equation is equal to the degree of the equation. Descartes was willing to consider negative (he called them false roots) and imaginary roots. He developed a rule for determining the number of positive

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    Matrix and Descartes

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    between the movie The Matrix‚ the cave analogy of Plato‚ and DescartesMeditation‚ 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 interesting

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    Meditation In Buddhism

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    Meditation alone is not attached to a religion or any particular practice. It is an exercise to change the way the mind is working consciously. Meditation is used as a way of self-development to gain control over one’s acts. It also has therapeutic applications. Buddhist practice uses meditation as the way to connect to our inner self to look for enlightenment and reach the Nirvana. For Buddhism‚ the Nirvana is the state of liberation where you reach the perfect freedom‚ happiness‚ quietude and

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    Descartes Beliefs

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    As Descartes continued to ponder his beliefs he began to examine his beliefs about God and whether those could be trusted or not. He had to question whether or not his beliefs could be relied upon or if God was actually deceiving him or if God is even a real thing. However‚ Descartes concludes that God does in fact exist and “God has never owed me anything‚ so I should thank him for his great generosity to me‚ rather than feeling cheated because he did not give me everything” Descartes also comes

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    Meditation and the Brain

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    Meditation and the Brain Caitlin Scofield BACK-STORY "It is the face of our shadow that stares at us from across the iron curtain." - Jung        I have never known nor feigned to know what it is I step into when I step forward. Last night I happened upon a question that shook me and left an unsettling feeling in my bones‚ like a call to look in‚ to traverse through darkness unarmed. I was beckoned to seek the meaning of my life. I have a way of intellectualizing things‚ of making them

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    Q3: What are the main differences between rationalism and empiricism as approaches to knowledge? Explain the advantages and disadvantages of each‚ using Descartes (Second Meditation) as the example of a rationalist‚ and Hume or Locke as the example of an empiricist. In your view which approach better explains the common-sense knowledge of the world that we take for granted? Common-sense knowledge is information we know and understand unproblematically. It could be that a spider has six legs‚ your

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