As the years passed, his health began to jeopardize his studies so in 1612 Rene left Jesuit College and headed for Paris. ... With the assurance of his existence, he presents a deeper question of what he actually is. ... Beliefs of this nature are brought up in relation to Descartes" question of what makes a thing particularly itself through time and change. ... This question is actually part of a much larger area of debate that is known as the 'problem of evil'. ... But for this solution to be plausible, Descartes says that God has given us the ability to improve that intellect, ...

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Many philosophers over the ages have tried to study what is "real", and what we cannot rely on. ... We are going to discuss the answers to these questions that were presented to us by such great philosophers as Descartes, Berkeley, and Russell. ... (Descartes 108) This is the basis for Descartes study; he must now work his way up and figure out what is certain and not dubious. ... (Descartes 111) Descartes reasons that he is certain that he exists because he thinks. ... You must look deep into the matters of life that you want to study, and this is what Descartes does. ...

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Descartes challenges the idea of certainty. Descartes presents the idea of an Evil Genius. ... Descartes Vs. ... Hume believed that the study of man was ultimately most important because all other sciences trace back to man. ... Hume simply assesses the question, if we have a soul then from what impression do we take it from and call that me? ...

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Descartes" role of the first meditation is to doubt many things. ... He questions the concepts of how does one really know if he is dreaming or if he is awake. ... Descartes discards the senses as a reliable source of truth and as an indicator of an object's existence. ... There are still some necessary truths which remain the same both dreaming and waking, and it is these that Descartes shall attempt to uncover. ... While we can doubt studies based on composite things, like medicine, astronomy, or physics, he concludes that we cannot doubt studies based on simple things, like arithmet...

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The argument of empiricism versus rationalism, in other words one can draw on the thoughts and theories of Locke in opposition to the beliefs of Descartes. ... Locke is considered to be the founder of British empiricism, while Descartes is considered to be the father of modern philosophy. ... Unlike Descartes, Locke claimed that innate ideas were practically non-existent. ... A typical moral principle that may be considered by many, including Descartes, as an innate moral, is the belief in God or some other symbol of religion. ... Like Descartes, Locke trusts that God assures the reliability...

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Logical necessity requires the answer: Yes, to this question. ... This gives epistemology, the methodical study of what we can know and how we can know it. The second task of the philosopher according to Descartes, having now raised these doubts, is to prevent them from leading to skepticism. This strategy is clearly stated in Descartes" Meditations. ... [Descartes, R. ...

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