Do you agree with Descartes that the mind is the primary source of knowledge (rationalism) or with Hume that sense perception is the primary source of knowledge (empiricism). ... Hume would disagree with Descartes, because Hume is an empiricist, or someone who believes sense perception is how we obtain most of our knowledge. Firstly, Hume argues that the mind is not separated from the body because if it were then the body's sense perception would be inconsistent and off key. ... Secondly, Descartes has successfully proven that he exists thus proving that God exists and gives us thoughts i...

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I believe that Descartes argument for the existence of God makes logical sense and satisfies the need for his other argument that we need to know if anything is certain anymore because of the Evil Genius. ... The steps of reasoning Descartes goes through to contradict the idea of an Evil Genius logically makes sense and is convincing that there is a God. ... Hume's idea of self is that we are a collection of perceptions and impressions. Perceptions and impressions are visuals that strike the mind with most force or violence. Perceptions and impressions create memories that resemble ob...

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According to Descartes, thought includes doubting, understanding, affirming, denying, willing, refusing, and also imagining and sensing. ... The thought that is most related to his argument is sensory perceptions. ... This intellect includes out sensory perceptions. ...

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Perception is the multiplicity in a unit. ... Perception is distinguished from consciousness because it treats perceptions of which we are not consciously aware of as nonexistent. ... Every monad has perception and there are various levels of perception; therefore, at some or other level, every monad is conscious of every other monad. ... Berkeley believes that we can imagine a tree without looking at a tree and it makes sense. ... Everything we know, we know because we have perception. ...

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In short, the materialist feels that the information received through sense experience gives a representative picture of the outside world (the representative theory of perception), and one can not penetrate to the true essece of an object. This makes logical sense, for the only way to perceive this real essence would be to become the object itself! ... As part of his reply he might add that because it can not be sensed it is not a piece of knowledge. ... Secondary qualities are those things that are concrete (sense oriented), such as color, smell, sound, and taste. ... As previousl...

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The second more important theme is the idea that "human perception of beauty requires the recognition that everything earthly is temporary." ... The freedom the woman has won by getting rid of her Christian faith provides no real compensation except a sense of the ability of all nature. ...

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Unfortunately for us, the idiot happens to be one who has no perception of time. ... His mental and visual awareness is so keen that he can even sense Caddy's shame after she lost her virginity. ...

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His method of doubt leads him to rely only on his mind, at least for the duration of the Meditations, and in this sense shows how the mind and body are distinct. ... In this sense Descartes is a foundationalist as he seeks to question even his most basic opinions and start again from the beginning. ... Here it is clear that one sense, sight, will fool you. ... This suggests that not even he believes in the paradox which he set out when he said that sense perception cannot give us any knowledge of the world we live in. ...

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The imaginative journey expands your ways of thinking and perception of yourself and the world around you by learning more about yourself and who you are. ... The end of all three journeys contains a sense of completion, of satisfaction and confidence that the right decisions have been made. ... indicates a sense of loneliness and solitude. ... "I know it is easier for me to lose my way forever here, than in other landscapes" (Journey to the Interior) Although the imaginative journey grants a person their freedom and independence, reality sets down rules and a sense of order and dire...

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Thither to that, his perception of the wax reveals his own existence even more, for if he understands the wax, then there must be a mind to do the understanding and that he attains knowledge through the scrutiny of objects with the intellect alone. ... In conclusion, Descartes have shown how the ideas of the intellect are more adequate for knowledge than those of sense. ...

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Webster's Dictionary defines "language" as "a method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way." However, language does more than communication. Since we have been educated, language has been an important media of our learni...

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The body on the other hand lacks in features such as privateness and intentionality, nor can the body understand or sense anything. ... Descartes argues that he is a "thing that doubts, understands, affirms, denies, wills and refuses in addition to being capable of imagining and having sensory perceptions. ...

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Everything we think is a sense experience by our bodies is only a predetermined thought implanted by an evil demon that controls your mind. ... He concludes that the perception of wax, in both cases, is not judged on what is seen, or felt, or heard, but rather is perceived by what wax is thought to be. ...

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