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Abstract and Referential Ontology: Descartes Versus Spinoza on the Existence of God. The concept of God is central to the development of Cartesian and Spinozan philosophy. Although both philosophers employ an ontological argument for the existence and necessity of God the specific nature of God differs greatly with each account. While Descartes suggests a Judeo-Christian concept of God, Spinoza argues a more monistic deity similar to that of the Hindu tradition. The most significant difference

Cartesian Dualism and the Union of Mind and Body ABSTRACT: Cartesian dualism and the union of mind and body are often understood as conceptions that contradict each other. Diachronic interpretations maintain that Descartes was first a dualist (in the Meditations) and later on developed his stance on the union of mind and body (Passions). Some authors find here a problem without solution. Nevertheless, in the last two decades, some interpretations have been developed intending to give a positive

from conflict and lived their lives concerned about the physical and social environment. A shift from focusing life on conflicts to concentrating on prevention is what I believe is important in health education today. Throughout the Mirage of Health, Rene Dubos discusses the past of homo sapiens or man as

Final (704935286) The Dream Argument of Rene Descartes is a philosophical skeptical argument used by Descartes himself to put into doubt the existence of any knowledge he has gained from his sense. There have been many interpretations of Descartes’ Dream Argument by different philosophers, and one notable example is that of Barry Stroud’s example. Stroud, in his Problem of the External World, describes the Dream Argument as an argument where “we must know we are dreaming if we are to know anything

The Free Will in Meditations on First Philosophy by Descartes I In Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes takes the reader through a methodological exercise in philosophical enquiry. After stripping the intellect of all doubtful and false beliefs, he re-examines the nature and structure of being in an attempt to secure a universally valid epistemology free from skepticism. Hoping for the successful reconciliation of science and theology, Descartes works to reconstruct a new foundation

199: The Meditator sets aside some time to finally review the deceptions he has believed during his life and the unreliability of his knowledge. Alone in a room with a fireplace burning at his side, he desires to think as a blank slate and deliberate from a new beginning. His goal being to find out if his previous ideas contain doubts, making them false. 200L: By assuming that his ideological groundwork is flawed, he casts out all his beliefs into doubt. Based upon the fact that his ideas and

René Descartes was a 17th century French philosopher. Descartes is responsible for many of the pieces that most modern universities study. His work has withstood the test of time, and for good reason. One of his earlier pieces, titled the “Meditations on First Philosophy”, Descartes fights with solving what is true. He wants to know more about himself and what makes him who he is. Through his senses, he is able to help solves some of his arguments, but later determines that his senses can indeed

Crime Scene Investigation The first person to want the victim out of his life and the last person to see her was Matthew Madden, her husband. His guiltiness is proven through false statements uttered from his mouth and abusive actions resulting in Rene Madden’s death. In an attempt to force his wife to for them to both go on separate paths, he committed uxoricide, the act of killing one’s wife, which is the motive behind her death. His brutal and unusual behavior and interests found in the interview

I will argue that John Locke approaches knowledge and truth through strong empiricism while Rene Descartes approaches knowledge and truth through weak rationalism. I will support my claim by first explaining Rene Descartes epistemology and then go on to illustrate his theory of innate ideas while using examples from Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy. Then, I will describe Locke’s epistemology that knowledge and truth are solely based on observation while humans are not born with innate ideas

According to Rene Descartes only humans had a soul. So this exempts robots from having a mind of its own. The robot cannot feel pain because just like animals they lack a mind which lacks sensory experience. Descartes argument for substance dualism is that when something