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    Upon Hobbes reading of Descartes proposition “I am thing that thinks‚ that is a mind‚ soul‚ understanding or reason (Ibid‚ 2000); he draws a conundrum with the latter part of Descartes proposition namely ‘that is a mind‚ soul‚ understanding or reason’ (Ibid‚ 2000); conceiving it to be erroneous; for it ostensibly reads ‘I am thinking‚ therefore I am a thought’. This is condemned by Hobbes as a spurious argument for it does not seem logical to say a thinking thing equates its faculty of thinking.

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    Hospers Vs Descartes

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    Descartes’ vs. Hospers Knowledge is an acquaintance with facts‚ truths‚ or principles‚ as from study of investigation and a familiarity or conversance‚ as with a particular subject or branch of learning. (3) Many philosophers have different perspectives of knowledge. Descartes’ believes that the only thing absolutely known is that you exist because you think. However‚ Hospers believes that there are different forms of knowing that must be proven with evidence. Descartes’ believes that you

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    a. Descartes has doubts about all of his former opinions and the entire edifice built upon them and goes on a search for a new foundation in sciences. He rejects everything he was received‚ taught or believed. Anything that is not entirely certain and indubitable is to be is to be rejected as false. There is doubt about knowledge through senses because they can be deceiving. But some things are certain. The argument of the dream focuses on common sense certainties. We have similar representations

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    In his Fourth Meditation‚ Descartes approaches the problem of human mistakes and ultimately reconciles this with the existence of a non-deceiving God. He takes issue with the notion of God‚ being perfect‚ creating in him an imperfection – that is‚ the capacity to make mistakes. Mistakes‚ according to Descartes‚ arise when we are mistaken or deceived about a truth. But God is not a deceiver; and given that God has given humans the ability to judge‚ it doesn’t follow that he should give us the ability

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    Leadership and Self Doubt

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    The leadership dimension I’ve identified as a weakness and area I’d like to improve upon is “Self-Knowledge and Openness to Learning”. When it comes to understanding what my limits are based on my own strengths and weaknesses‚ I fall short. I sometimes overestimate my own ability to perform and overextend myself‚ which can lead to me not meeting commitments. I have chosen to work on my knowledge of self because it ties in to so many of the other defined leadership dimensions. Understanding who

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    Descartes spends the beginning of Meditations on First Philosophy by discussing his skepticism of the senses. Though the entire dream sequence in Meditations was not more than a few pages‚ it is easily one of the most discussed topics of the book. The dream argument can be broken down into three parts. 1st is that while I am asleep and dreaming I often feel sensations and perceptions that I feel when I am awake. 2nd is that there are no definitive signs to tell me if I am awake or dreaming‚ and this

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    I Robot and Descartes

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    Philosophy and Literature 253 Midterm Exam October 7 2012 “Oh‚ Jupiter‚ a robot Descartes!” Asimov’s short story “Reasons” in I‚ Robot is the fictional account of a robots creation of his own path of reasoning. Much like Descartes‚ the Robot‚ Cutie‚ is curious about the truth of his existence and plans to find the answers out for himself. Cutie is a self-aware‚ reasoning robot on a station in space in the year 2015‚ and all he knows are the things in his immediate surrounding‚ which isn’t much

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    God was conceived. Descartes tries to prove Gods existence‚ to disprove his Evil demon theory‚ and to show that there is without a doubt something external to ones own existence. He is looking for a definite certainty‚ a foundation for which he can base all of his beliefs and know for a fact that they are true. Descartes overall project is to find a definite certainty on which he can base all his knowledge and beliefs. A foundation that he will be able to prove without a doubt. To find a definite

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    Descartes views in the Second Meditation is that he tries to clarify precisely what this “I” is‚ this “thing that he thinks.” He concludes that he is not only something that thinks‚ understands‚ and wills‚ but is also something that imagines and senses. Even though he thinks he may be dreaming or deceived by an evil demon‚ he’s still something that can imagine‚ hear‚ and see things. His sensory perceptions may not be truthful‚ but they are certainly a part of the same mind that thinks. He believes

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    to gain knowledge beyond the notion that I am a thinking thing. Descartes’s Argument Descartes’s argument for knowledge is based on skepticism; he doubts everything in order to find something he cannot doubt‚ something unshakably true; he concludes that the only thing we can know for sure is that “I exist”‚ that

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