How does Descartes prove the existence of god? What is the significance of Descartes' cogito argument? How did Descartes arrive at the idea of dualism? What was Kant's solution to Hume's skepticism? Did Descartes believe in dualism?
Thus, on the hypothesis that the cosmos did begin in time, it would depend on the infinite power of God to have created it. Now what depends on another to bring it into existence clearly does not account for its own existence, but rather depends on another for the existence it has recei...
French philosopher René Descartes devised laws of motion that were very similar to parts of Newton's first and third laws, but he still identified God as the prime mover. Beautiful in their simplicity, Newton's three laws enable scientists to understand the movement of everything from subatomic...
If “I am thinking,” I am using “my mind” to do it. I can proceed however I wish; thinking grants complete independence. This attitude is so ingrained that René Descartes, to liberate himself from his senses and surroundings, climbed all the way to Heaven on a ladder of pure tho...
How to prove that a set is countably infinite? How did Rene Descartes discover the Cartesian plane? How do we know if a subset is compact? Let U = (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) be the universal set. A = (3,4,5,8,9) B = (1,9) Determine the cardinality n( A cap B) ...
As I was finishing “How to Think Like a Woman,” I was teaching Elisabeth of Bohemia in my Modern Philosophy class. Elisabeth, as Ms. Penaluna tells us, was a woman Descartes described as the only person who had “completely understood all my previously published works.” As a lively dis...
descartes, the 17th-century french thinker who wrote about man's inability to know what is truly reality. "when i first read the script, i called them and said, 'this is amazing! you wrote a script about descartes! but how do i sell this thing?'" mattis began circulating their script...
38. What does the author mean by "I refuse to give up hope for societal common sense" in Passage C? A. To criticize the social obsession with appearance. B. To provide an example of how ridiculous some fashion trends are. C. To prove that the pursuit of fashion is beyond people s ...
I doubt we disagree really. I expect you’d agree with Descartes that ‘cogito’ is secure knowledge even though it is not empirical by our usual definition, and that it may even be secure for that very reason. I’ve never heard Descartes accused of being a mystic for this mysterious ins...
What is wisdom for Aristotle, and how does one acquire it? Please use examples of the differences between moral and intellectual virtues in your response. Aristotle and the Church The Medieval Catholic Church adopted Aristotle'...