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    In 1965‚ Rene Castellani was working as a radio promotions manager on his show “The Dizzy Dialer” in New Westminster‚ and slowly killing his wife‚ Esther Castellani‚ by poisoning her with arsenic. This had been going on for a period of several months with no one noticing‚ not even the doctors. Mrs. Castellani had gone to the hospital many times but doctors could not discover what was causing her illness. After having been sick for nine months Mrs. Castellani died on July‚ 11 1965. The autopsy

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    I will attempt to explain an argument by René Descartes‚ offer what I consider to be the most significant objection to the argument‚ and contemplate how Descartes would reply to that objection. We often assume that philosophy should provide truths obvious to all‚ instead of insights that border upon absurdity to most. But in his college days‚ Descartes “discovered that nothing can be imagined which is too strange or incredible to have been said by some philosopher” (195). Descartes advances his argument

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    René Descartes contention in the Second Meditation Descartes rejects the proof of the senses as unreliable for certainty. His fundamental contentions depend on the psyche and body are particular and unmistakable and the movement that characterizes his presence is that of considering. Proceeding with his inquiry‚ he endeavors to discover something of which he can be certain beyond a shadow of a doubt - regardless of the fact that it is the reality that nothing is certain. His first port of call is

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    argument‚ and then finally provide my own viewpoint. The dream argument for skepticism is possible; but without believing the very foundations conceived from perception‚ there is nothing to lie back on‚ resulting in an unsettling life of no meaning. René Descartes‚ on a quest for truth‚ liberates himself from all his beliefs. Applying his method of doubt‚ he throws away everything he knows in a process of eradication and reconstruction as he then looks for beliefs which are certain and indubitable

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    Orpiano‚ Jeanne Lauribelle N. BSMT 3-2 Rene Descartes Rene Descartes‚ also known as the “father of modern philosophy”. Descartes was born in the town of La Haye in the south of France‚ on March 31‚ 1596. Rene Descartes spent most of his life in the Dutch Republic. Joachim Descartes his father served in the Parliament of Brittany‚ France as a Councilor. When he is one year old‚ his mother Jeanne Brochard Descartes died. His father remarried‚ while he and his older brother and sister were raised

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    that the diversity of our opinions does not spring from some of us being more able to reason than others‚ but only from our conducting our thoughts along different lines and not examining the same thing” Rene’ Descartes pg. (1) “Discourse on Method” by Rene’ Descartes Wisdom‚ according to Rene’ Descartes‚ can be reached when an individual abandons all other influence and challenges the course of their own personal knowledge by seeking supreme understanding. He believed that everybody is capable

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    I think this this a great theory‚ I do not believe that these two are different. First lets go over what is Cartesian Dualism. The theory that they mind and brain are two different things first arrived from one of the most famous philosophers named Rene Descartes. Descartes is a philosopher mostly knows for his doubt for everything. He doubted the existence of everything and even doubted that his body was real. Even though his senses show him that his physical body was real‚ he believed in something

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    pursued by a French mathematician and philosopher Rene Descartes. Skepticism in general according to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary is defined as‚ an attitude of doubt or a disposition to incredulity either in general or toward a particular object. (Webster). But what exactly is Skepticism in the field of philosophy and more specifically in the context of this paper‚ to answer this let us first analyze and consider Rene Descartes argument. Rene Descartes in his paper Meditation on first philosophy

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    C) Ms. Archer 12 February 2014 Was Descartes’ skepticism influenced by his faith?  “If you would be a real seeker after truth‚ it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt‚ as far as possible‚ all things” (Descartes‚ goodreads). René Descartes‚ often described as the “Father of Modern Philosophy”‚ was born in a time where philosophy and science were advancing at an unbelievable rate. The revolutionizing philosopher was fascinated by how much skepticism influenced a rapid progress

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    In this paper I will argue that the mind is better known than the body. There are two main reasons I can say this according to Rene Descartes: meditation 1 all I know is that I don’t have knowledge and meditation 2 I know that I exist because I think. In my first argument I will explain according to Rene Descartes that all I know is that I don’t have knowledge. Rene Descartes starts to write some meditations‚ I am going to defend my first argument with meditation 1. In mediation 1 Descartes starts

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