Within his second meditation, Descartes seeks \"to save himself from the general seas of skepticism...\" (Blackburn, 1999, p 20). In other words, he attempts to limit the all-consuming spread of doubt brought about by the evil demon hypothesis. Descartes holds that the Cogito argument establishes th...

In The Ontological Argument, Saint Anselm argues that God is "that than which nothing greater can be conceived". Is Saint Anselm's argument valid? Atheists or Satanists don't believe in God. Is everything they think of considered bad or evil? Or do they think of God, not as H...

Chapter 2: That God truly exists First of all, to fully understand this perplexing argument, you must strongly believe the definition of God St. Anselm gives, which is as followed: God is something that which nothing greater can be conceived. Anselm's statement essentially means that it is not po...

The mind and body problem is the philosophical problem of whether there are non-physical minds, souls, or spirits. On one side we have the dualist who believe that there are causal relationships between mind and body. On the other side we have the materialist who hold a firm believe that everything ...

Anselm is concerned with the existence of God. He has put into writing his proof for the existence of God, so as to aid others that have the same desire. Chapter II - That God truly exists. Existence in understanding vs. existence in reality. The question is whether God exists "in realit...

Like many people today, Plato held the belief that the human being was both dualistic in nature, namely comprising of two separate entities; body and soul, and possessing a soul that would survive its embodied state. Plato saw the soul as immortal through being cyclical in nature and having this cy...

Part One: In the \"Fifth Meditation\" by Rene Descartes, he makes a case for the existence of God. He goes on to give reason to prove his argument that to exist is to believe in God for without God we would not exist. Descartes gives the analogy of a mountain and a valley, pointing out that if a p...

Small discussion on the wax argument In Descartes¡¯ second meditation, when considering the corporeal things in the external world he takes the wax as an example to examine whether it is our sense that gives us the understanding of these things. First, when the wax has just been taken out from th...

Anselm's Definition of God As a philosopher, Anselm is most often remembered for his attempts to prove the existence of God. Anselm presented the popular Ontological Argument. In this argument Anselm declares that God is "that than which no greater can be thought." Anselm feels that that God exis...

Anselm's Definition of God As a philosopher, Anselm is most often remembered for his attempts to prove the existence of God. Anselm presented the popular Ontological Argument. In this argument Anselm declares that God is "that than which no greater can be thought." Anselm feels that that God exis...

In the story "Say Yes" by Tobias Wolff, a couple's argument reveals a deeper question about their relationship. Why does Anne ask her husband a question, when she already knows the answer? She asks her husband, what she thought was an emotional question, hoping to trigger an emotional response. Inst...

Introduction Can mind exist with out the presence of body? Rene' Descartes in his Meditations on the First Philosophy, comes to the conclusion that mind and body are distinct from one another, therefore mind is not dependent on body. Descartes uses an example of a sailor to a ship. In his example ...

Part One:In the "Fifth Meditation" by Rene Descartes, he makes a case for the existence of God. He goes on to give reason to prove his argument that to exist is to believe in God for with out God we would not exist. Descartes gives the analogy of a mountain and a valley, pointing out that if a per...

Proof of a Physical World (i.e. We're not just floating brains) 1) The mind perceives or "creates" the physical world 2) The mind cannot create anything original A) The mind did not originate the ideas of the physical world, but still creates it 1) The mind can only b...

Explain the 'block of wax' example (Med II, pp. 20-21). Why does Descartes bring it up? What is it supposed to show? Use this example to develop a valid argument for what it is supposed to show. Does it show what Descartes thinks it does? Why or why not?To give context to the 'block of wax exampl...

Descartes and the Existence of God Meditation III The existence of God has been a question since the idea of God was even conceived. Rene Descartes tries to prove God's existence, and to show that there is without a doubt something external to one's own existence. Decartes is looking for...

The only real similarity between the views of Lycan and Searle are that they are both materialists. By this they both believe that only physical properties exist and are relevant. However, on the subject of computing machines and artificial intelligence there is little else that the two agree on. ...

Ryle's Refutation of the Metaphysical DoctrineRene Descartes holds a dualist view that the mind and body are two totally separate entities. In response to this Gilbert Ryle has published an article showing that the argument, and its premises, of Descartes' Metaphysical Doctrine are incorrect. He d...

Ryle's Refutation of the Metaphysical DoctrineRene Descartes holds a dualist view that the mind and body are two totally separate entities. In response to this Gilbert Ryle has published an article showing that the argument, and its premises, of Descartes' Metaphysical Doctrine are incorrect. He d...

This week's topic is the beginning of metaphysics. Metaphysics is the study of the ultimate nature of reality. Within this subject is the argument of mind versus matter. In this report I will expand on my thoughts of idealism and the brain and body versus the mind.Idealism is "the theory that the...

The argument that the paper states is that a person's wants and desires influence more than just behavior. They influence his/her thinking and even his/her power of perception. The most important point made is that when a person is confronted by ideas or facts that are against their pre-existing n...

Theme for English B One of the best literary writers of the 20th Century would indeed have to be Langston Hughes. His works over the years have been astonishing and yet even today admirers of his writings still read every piece of work like it was the first time it was ever written. In his po...

Understanding the World through the Study of Knowledge The study of knowledge, better known as epistemology, is the area of philosophy that investigates the nature, sources, limitations, and validity of knowledge. Epistemology was brought about during the time of the Enlightenment during the 17th-...

In the conversation, Socrates talks about the true forms of things. The idea is that there is such a thing as a true bed, or a true chair, or true virtue, or whatever else. So when an artisan builds a chair, he is building the idea of a chair and not the true chair which exists in the mind of God. G...

Men Aren't from Mars and Women Aren't from Venus Men aren't from Mars and women aren't from Venus. Of course they're not! They're from planet Earth. As hard as this may be to comprehend, we still have our minds set to the brainwashed theory of men being from Mars ...