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 and his meditations are in search of the answer to this question and he takes on a rational and skeptical mindset to find the answers. ... Sounds almost identical to Descartes but he puts his thumb-print on the idea as he introduces the idea of "tabula rasa". ... He is a little less extreme than Descartes. ... The bundle theory makes little sense because if you could study two people that do that same exact thing and are raised the same, they would think similarly but still have different thoughts and operate in their own way. ... William James, the American psychologist and phil...

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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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