In Meditation on First Philosophy, Descartes argues many points from his existence to all the false beliefs and ideas he had accepted from childhood. ... There are mnay examples in Meditations that Descartes uses to prove this point. ... Therefore, Descartes concludes that it is possible that we are deceived even in our mathematical knowledge. ... He identifies the antecedent form of skepticism with doubt of Descartes that questions all former opinions and the sense. ... The philosopher I understand the most is Descartes for many reasons. ...

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Descartes was in favor of this theory. ... Descartes did state that there are things we cannot doubt, like our own existence from a sense that we are conscious in some form or another. ... Plato, like Descartes, was not an empiricist. ...

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First, Descartes introduces the notion that something cannot come from nothing. ... Descartes states that what he clearly and distinctly perceives to be true is true. ... This circular proof is where Descartes" critics have a field day. ... Descartes" arguments toward the existence of God can basically be summed up in one way. ... Descartes, in his essence, is a very logical thinker. ...

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This excerpt describes the philosophical views of two people: Descartes and Plato. Descartes believe that our senses deceive us; just like in an optical allusion. ... Descartes also believes that it is impossible to distinguish between the dream world and the reality world that we live in. ... This vaguely reflects what Descartes and Plato are saying where we live in the sensory world and we cannot see beyond it. ...

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In this paper, I will argue that the theory of coherentism is more justified than foundationalism. First, I will explain justification. Then, I will explain the theory of coherentism and foundationalism. Finally, I will argue that coherentist theory is closer to the truth than foundationalism. Just...

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Assess Nietzsche's View Of Truth In the first section of Beyond Good and Evil (BGE) it is clear that Nietzsche's view on truth is that there is no such thing as "T"ruth. This is because God - according to Nietzsche - is dead, and God was the soul guarantor of Truth. Without God, we now have to...

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In Humanities last year we studied Existentialism. Although I liked some of Camus' ideas, he was a little whiner who missed the big picture. This year we studied Christianity, which is probably the most dominant religion in the U.S. and definitely in the top five globally. Almost every one has some ...

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