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    In Rene Descartes’ Third Meditation, his purpose is to prove whether God exists, and if so then whether or not God is a deceiver. This mediation allows us to be sure that when we perceive things there is no way that they could be wrong. Descartes believed that God created our mind and situated us in this world, with this being said, God should have given you a mind that reaches true conclusions about the world on each and every occasion. Your mind isn’t incapable of making mistakes or being wrong

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    This statement from James Cameron’s Avatar represents the very thought I had so many years ago that led me to question reality; for this reason Avatar presents a great representation of my Meditations. Avatar is a science fiction movie based in the future where humans are sweeping the galaxy for resources. Jake Sully, a former marine confined to a wheelchair, has the opportunity to visit Pandora, a planet being mined for minerals, after his brother has died. Jake takes his place as an intermediary

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    Samuel Johnson and Joseph Butler both compose their thoughts about self-deception and examine its true meaning. First, Samuel Johnson writes about how we, humans, tell ourselves lies about our behavior in order to see ourselves more superior than we actually are. He explains this in such a way that emphasizes the behavior of one’s actions then glorifying it. When in fact the behavior itself is not righteous or special. By self-deception Johnson says that we are making ourselves look better than

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    detection and used in structuring forensic interviews (Vrij et al., 2008). ‘Interviewing to detect deception’ should aim to increase suspects ‘leakage’ of deception cues (Vrij, 2004). One approach to achieve this, is to increase the cognitive load of deceivers in order to enhance differences between them and truth-tellers as well as to magnify the ability to identify deception cues. For example, asking the interviewees to recall their account in reverse order (Vrij et al., 2008)

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    mathematical mistakes at times, whether being awake or asleep. As long as we are prudent, Descartes believes the principles of mathematics like geometry should be protected from doubt whether we uncover them in our dreams or not. The argument of the deceiver on the other hand, seems to leave arithmetic and geometry open to

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    Since time immemorial, human beings have been lying and according to a study by Bella M. de Paulo et al. on the average every person lies once to twice a day. There are of course all kind of motivations behind a lie, for example people lie to give themselves an advantage or to avoid getting in trouble, when they did wrong. No matter what the intention of lying is, we can all admit that we do it, some more frequently than others, some do it habitually and some of us only as a last resort. The practice

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    real world and leaves Seahaven. The Truman Show brings up many philosophical questions but the ones I want to focus on are free will versus determinism, different ideas on how we should view the world around us and the idea of God versus and evil deceiver. Some people believe that we have the power to make all of our decisions, others think that everything is

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    Descartes 6 Meditations

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    Through the six Meditations, Descartes comes to the conclusion that memories and dreams could be deceptive and are not to be trusted. He discusses the existence of material objects, God, and himself. God exists and allows deception and Descartes’ ability to recognize that everything is false proves that he exists as well. He explains the difference between imagination and intellect, as well as the idea that the senses are deceptive and that knowledge comes from the mind and reason. The six Meditations

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    What is Philosophy? Well, by conventional definition, Philosophy is the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct. This, while providing a contextual definition of the word philosophy, just scratches the surface of its actual meaning. In this essay we will attempt to answer “What is Philosophy?” by discussing the works of Plato and Rene Descartes. First, we begin by summarizing and comparing the theme of their works for similarities so as to better form

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    existence and certainty, which includes his own body and senses, is it possible that he himself does not exist? To think a thought is bound to existence by definition; one must exist first before having the ability to think. Even if an all-powerful deceiver made it so that I do not exist, it would generate a contradiction since I cannot think that I exists if I don't. (25) Thinking about existing requires existence as a prerequisite. Descartes has arrived at his first truly tangible and useful element

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