105 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLIDE 2 DESCARTES (1596-1650) “I THINK; THEREFOR I AM” THE ONTILOGICAL ARGUMENT: A method of proof which uses intuition and reason alone; examines the concept of God‚ and states if we can conceive of the greatest possible being‚ then it must exist. Speaker Notes: Descartes had strong belief in dualism; meaning that one possess materialistic and non-materialistic form such as body and soul
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feel or have senses should at the very least be carefully examined and rigorously tested to determine whether it is‚ in fact‚ a reality” (From the abstract). Basically‚ we have to revise rigorously before we make the decisions. Now‚ according to Descartes about the dream hypothesis‚ when a person dreams‚ they can see many things that are very specifically clear but those things actually are not present at the moment or do not exist at all. Similarly‚ we see many
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buildings we fancy?? Man is distinguished from all other species in that he is sentient – he thinks There is nothing either good or bad‚ but thinking makes it so. - W. Shakespeare Cogito ergo sum I think‚ therefore I am. - René Descartes A human being on tasting the fruit of thought is no longer comfortable in the pit chained to ignorance. He begins the slow climb up and down the ladder of knowledge. TRUTH
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1. Compare and contrast the views of John Searle and Rene Descartes on dualism. John Searle and Rene Descartes both had opinions on dualism. John believe different aspects like mental and physical both are one substance. Rene‚ on the other hand‚ believes two different substances like mental and physical are different things. Rene even talked about how thoughts and feelings that are nonmaterial exists in material place. 2. Compare and contrast the views of George Berkeley and Thomas Hobbes on the
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Descartes VS Hume René Descartes and David Hume touched upon epistemology on the same question‚ “where does human knowledge come from?” They both came to very different conclusions. Descartes claimed that our knowledge came from human reasoning alone and this is an absolute certainty principle. This faculty of reasoning is innate tool that came with human species. He called this tool‚ “mind‚” which is separated from our body. Hume on the other hand‚ claimed that human learned from observing the
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Notes on chapter 2 pg.14-25 Socrates: The First Moralist Socrates (c.470-399 B.C) he was 70 years old when he died‚ his father was Sophroniscus‚ a sculptor‚ his mother Phaenarete‚ was a midwife. Socrates was likely a stonemason and a sculptor before turning to philosophy. He was a soldier during the Peloponnesian War. He has walked barefoot across ice‚ meditated standing up for thirty-six hours. He had the ability to ignore physical discomfort in order to achieve some greater mental or spiritual
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Like Descartes‚ Montesquieu associated freedom as being in accordance with reason. Unlike Descartes‚ Montesquieu did discuss external freedom as embodied through law more at length‚ and also wrote extensively on the subject of slavery. In The Spirit of Laws‚ Montesquieu writes that “… political liberty does not consist in an unlimited freedom. In governments‚ that is‚ in societies directed by laws‚ liberty can consist only in the power of doing what we ought to will‚ and in not being constrained
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To asses the strengths of the Ontological Argument for Gods existence‚ we firstly need to understand what it entails. The Ontological Argument looks at proof ’A Priori’‚ which is Analytical truth‚ reason based proof. This can be explained by saying 1+1=2. We know this to be true‚ as it is based on reasoning‚ and is a logical statement. This can be seen as a strength of the Ontological Argument‚ the fact that it is logical and rational. It deals with knowledge gained independently of experience‚ innate
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start with right triangles. Trigonometry Example But there’s more to it than that. 101 lecture 1 3 3 – Analytic geometry The ellipse Use algebra (and calculus) to analyze geometry problems. Key technique: coordinates Rene DesCartes 101 lecture 1 4 4 - Computer simulation Calculate the area and circumference of an ellipse. Learn to use the computer program “Mathematica” which is available in the microcomputer labs in Farrell Hall. (You can’t afford to buy
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Before the 16th century‚ Europe had a radically different approach and view of science. At that time‚ this system of explaining the universe and superstition were seen as equal counterparts. There was a belief almost‚ that the ways of life could not be explained logically‚ but only by superstition and the mysterious actions of God. That assumption was created in part by the Catholic church and since‚ the church influenced a large portion of the common people’s time and lives‚ science remained as
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