as “Extraverted Intuition‚” which the book describes as someone who is “concerned with possibilities for change in the external world‚ rather than with the familiar‚ an adventurer.” I find that my focus is primarily on the external world and that I perceive and take things in based on my natural intuition. I have no doubt my fundamental attitude‚ as Jung described it‚ is one of extraversion as I have been quite social and outgoing since as long as I can remember. My intuition drives me towards
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Philosophy Essay (Descartes vs. Locke) Socrates once said‚ “As for me‚ all I know is that I know nothing.” Several philosophers contradicted Socrates’ outlook and believed that true knowledge was in fact attainable. This epistemological view however had several stances to it‚ as philosophers held different beliefs in regards to the derivation of true knowledge. Rationalists believed that the mind was the source of true knowledge‚ while in Empiricism‚ true knowledge derived from the senses. Rene
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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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and not objects of the living world this is as a result of the thoughts introduced to the masses that questioned everything they stood for‚ thoughts about their place in society and the role one played. This essay seeks to unravel the role that Descartes had in the manner in which people understood themselves as‚ by critically analyzing the shift in medieval times and the birth of the modern world. This essay will focus on the shift in how people understood themselves as subjects and objects and
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First Philosophy Descartes attempts to explain the cause of errors in human beings. Descartes says that error occurs "since the will extends further than the intellect" (Descartes p.39). That’s because our intellect is something that is finite; it is limited to the perception of only certain things. Whereas our will‚ ability to choose is not limited; it is has an infinite capacity. Therefore we sometimes attempt to will things which we do not have a complete understanding of. Descartes’ argument
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Yilin Zhang First Question The transcendental deduction is about priori concepts‚ categories. The aim of it is to demonstrate that we have a priori notions or categories that are objectively valid‚ along with applying necessarily to all things in the world that we experience under space and time. To achieve it‚ Kant brings up the argument that the categories are necessary conditions of experience‚ or that failing to have the condition of categories leads no experience at all. He debates on that
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Metaphilosophy relies on the idea that it might be productive to distinguish some general pronouncements about philosophy from philosophy itself. Contrasting with many other cultural practices‚ for philosophy the distinction is rather questionable‚ but a similar case is presented by language: when speaking in English about the English language one might assume a split between English-as-object and English-as-metalanguage. Philosophers using the term metaphilosophy being still a minority‚ it might
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Intuition can be generally defined as “the result of one’s instinctive or ‘gut’ feeling rather than their conscious reasoning.” Intuition is natural and critical in the lives of everyone because of its frequency. In every instance there is some degree of intuition one could encounter‚ I find myself relying heavily on my instincts in some situations of my life and disregarding that “gut” feeling in others‚ as a result the term “intuition” may need to be redefined. Within the sciences intuition could
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knowledge. Rationalism claims that a priori processes and intuition gain knowledge. Rationalism claims that knowledge is innate; but that it varies among humans. At the other end of the spectrum‚ empiricism claims that knowledge is gained largely by experience‚ observation‚ and sensory perception. René Descartes and John Locke‚ both seventeenth century philosophers‚ are often seen as two of the first early modern philosophers. Both Descartes and Locke attempt to find answers to the same questions
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dualism is a system of beliefs used to explain the nature of our existence and reality. However‚ there are many problems with dualism‚ the most significant being the mind/body interaction issue which was raised by Elizabeth in her correspondence to Descartes. My essay will firstly expound the key principles of Cartesian dualism. Then‚ I will analyse the problems that Elizabeth raises for dualism and critically evaluate its counter arguments. Ultimately‚ I have concluded that Elizabeth presents a strong
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