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    Descartes Meditation

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    Latin "Cogito‚ ergo sum" [I think‚ therefore I am] The first piece of Descartes Meditation‚ Descartes attempts to review the beliefs he has been taught in order to establish truth in science. He forms a sceptical belief or hypotheses about everything in the physical world. As a result he suspends his judgement on his previously held beliefs. In the second Meditation‚ Descartes expands theory on the ‘nature of human mind’‚ Descartes questions his identity‚ the eternal ‘I’‚ and introduces a theory of

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    Locke Personal Identity

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    Outline and critically discuss Locke’s theory of personal identity. John Locke laid down the systematic groundwork of personal identity in the study of modern philosophy. Locke highlights his approach to the problem of personal identity in Chapter XXVII of the book II in An Essay concerning Human Understanding. This paper will explore the features that persuaded Locke to treat the problem of personal identity and then go on to analyse Locke’s theory in light of these factors

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    Descartes' Epistemology

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    Epistemology ------------------------------------------------- Carefully explain Descartes’ cogito and his attempt to build his knowledge structure from the ground up. (Be as succinct as possible.) Does Descartes succeed or fail in that attempt? Justify your answer in full. Descartes’ Epistemology This essay attempts to explain Descartes’ epistemology of his knowledge‚ his “Cogito‚ Ergo Sum” concept (found in the Meditations)‚ and why he used it [the cogito concept] as a foundation when building

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    Descartes on colors

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    In this paper‚ I will dissect Descartes current and former beliefs about his-self and the world. I will then argue his belief that he is merely “a thing that thinks” and why that is a flawed belief. Descartes once thought of himself as a man. He was a body that could taste‚ smell‚ see‚ move‚ and most of all; perceive. To achieve his goal of obtaining true knowledge‚ however‚ Descartes decided to rid his mind of all doubt and trust only reason. Descartes purports that most of his knowledge was

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    Rene Descartes

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    While the great philosophical distinction between mind and body in western thought can be traced to the Greeks‚ it is to the seminal work of René Descartes (1596-1650)‚ French mathematician‚ philosopher‚ and physiologist‚ that we owe the first systematic account of the mind/body relationship (Wozniak). As a key figure in the Scientific Revolution‚ Rene Descartes was one of the most intelligent men in his era. With his numerous writings and works‚ he allowed us to understand modern philosophy‚ the human

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    John Locke

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    10/27/11 Global II John Locke- 1. John Locke was one of the greatest philosophers in Europe at the end of the seventeenth century. Locke grew up and lived through one of the most extraordinary centuries of English political and intellectual history. The collapse of the Protectorate after the death of Cromwell was followed by the Restoration of Charles II — the return of the monarchy‚ the House of Lords and the Anglican Church. 2. Born 1632‚ died 1704. Locke’s chief work while living at Lord Ashley’s

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    Rene Descartes

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    Rene Descartes Rene Descartes was born March 31‚ 1596 in La Haye‚ Touraine. Descartes was the son of a minor nobleman and belonged to a family that had produced a number of learned men. At the age of eight‚ he was enrolled in the Jesuit school of La Fleche in Anjou‚ where he remained for eight years. Besides the usual classical studies‚ he received instruction in math and in Scholastic philosophy. Roman Catholicism exerted a strong influence on Descartes throughout his life. Upon graduation

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    Descartes Paper

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    caused many renowned philosophers to rethink their entire outlook on life. Rene Descartes stated this famous phrase and changed the course of Philosophy in doing so. Descartes was born in 1596 in France‚ which was time when life was drastically changing; Columbus had discovered the new world‚ the feudal system had broken down‚ and the Scientific Revolution was in full force. Philosophers of the time‚ such as Descartes‚ were set on finding out what now actually existed and what was actually true

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    Descartes' Meditations

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    Meditations Study Questions 1. Explain Descartes’ method of doubt. What is Descartes purpose in exercising this method? Descartes’ method of doubt is a method of being skeptical about the truth of beliefs. It aims to find things that cannot be doubted 2. Why can’t Descartes be certain about beliefs he acquires through the evidence of the senses? The reason why Descartes cannot be certain of beliefs he’s obtained through his senses is because senses might easily be deceived by someone else

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    Descartes & Hume

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    Rene Descartes was a rationalist‚ meaning he thought that reason alone‚ not sensation or experience‚ was the source to attaining knowledge about the eternal truths of the universe‚ such as mathematics‚ epistemology‚ metaphysics and the existence of God. He excluded physics from this list‚ admitting that knowledge of physics only comes through experience (Descartes). Regardless‚ his rationalistic epistemology made it so that Descartes could only accept the truth about something if it was based upon

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