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... To say that this is somewhat of a circular argument, and that Descartes merely fabricates his logic, is to somehow deny that there was ever a Creator to begin ...
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... Therefore, they must not be made with a mind or soul, but must merely be complex machines. For Descartes, it is the mind/soul that exists through time and ...
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... When applied to the argument that mind is not dependent on Body, Descartes states, "And ... a clear and distinct idea of myself, insofar as I am merely a thinking ...
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... good. If evil was merely needed to compare to good, then the smallest amount of evil would be sufficient as a counterpart to good. ...
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... lies in merely stating that he could never be perfect and so does not have the potential to be perfect. The only possible objection Descartes mentions which he ...
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Descartes proposes that all of our experiences are merely an ongoing dream. Meaning, everything we know and understand to be "real" is a sham. ...
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... thought was composed merely of what is perceived by the mind, be it reality or simply an illusion. Another major controversy in Descartes' philosophical way of ...
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... that we live in, the external world, is non-existent and merely a mirage ... this would sound irrational, but this is the possible world that Descartes presents to ...
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... Descartes believes that he is distinct from his body and he can exist without it. ... "I am not merely present in my body as a sailor is present in a ship, but ...
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... be conjured up by his imagination, merely because of the fact that our perfect God does not deceive. By establishing an existence of God, Descartes is able to ...
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... dealing here merely with the cause that once produced me, but also and most especially with the cause that preserves me at the present time (39-40). Descartes ...
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... Descartes could know the truth and at the same time never experience it. However, Plato says to know truth is not a process by which one can merely observe ...
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... Descartes states that his writing is merely a diagram of his own course through life, and that others are in no way compelled to follow it, but he came to the ...
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... knowledge of this world or whether this knowledge is merely an illusion. ... Descartes takes a look at memory, imagination, hallucination, dreams, predictions, etc ...
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... By applying this theory to his ideas, Descartes provides himself a foundation to judge between true existence and existence that is merely perceived. ...
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... knowledge of this world or whether this knowledge is merely an illusion. ... Descartes takes a look at memory, imagination, hallucination, dreams, predictions, etc ...
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... Descartes, although believing the mind and body are separate, does admit that they are closely ... He states "I am not merely present in my body as a sailor is ...
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... in is merely a computer program which falsely deceives our reality. Our beliefs can't be justified by the reality in which we live. In Meditation I, Descartes ...
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... of interaction, according to Descartes, is in the brain. However, the soul is not to be viewed as being limited to the brain. The brain is merely the point of ...
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... that what he had first observed from the wax was merely the physical ... Descartes understood that the wax could assume infinite shapes, sizes, smells, or textures ...
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... are not entirely negative and are certainly not negative merely for the ... Descartes and Knowledge Descartes explains that everyone knows what an external object ...
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... Descartes claimed that if you could build an automaton of a monkey ... Another materialist, Richard Dawkins, claims that humans are merely survival machines for ...
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... In answer to this, he suggests that perhaps the wax is not merely the sum of its sensory attributes. Descartes argues that the continuity of the wax is ...
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... to the meditations Morpheus is telling Neo that the world that he lives in is merely a false ... Descartes' methodic doubt can also be seen, as he doubts the senses ...
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... Basically, Descartes feels that the body is a substance that is purely physical ... the very beginning, like the time of Rorty, Eliminativists merely stated that ...
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... no matter if he was being deceive or dreaming however, one thing, Descartes argued, that ... proven that there are no teachers of virtue, he has merely stated some ...
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... of consciousness in the strong sense exhibited by Locke, Descartes and the ... argued that behavioral responses to environmental stimuli are merely responses to ...
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... use of reason; this however does not prove them innate, it merely shows once ... typical moral principle that may be considered by many, including Descartes, as an ...
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... Kant's critique of Anselm's and Descartes' arguments state that existence is not a ... argued, we "add nothing to" our concept of that thing - we merely say that ...
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... of the concept of self is largely ignored by all (including Descartes) except in ... of the mind (an illusion (according to them) because it is merely the sum of ...
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