It has been argued that Descartes provides the minor premise "I am thinking" and the conclusion "I exist" and therefore it is possible to define the major premise as "whatever is thinking, exists", demonstrating a syllogistic inference. ... Firstly this argument fails on the basis of his inability to have previous knowledge of the major premise "whatever is thinking, exists". ... In opposition to this interpretation of the use of "I", Lichtenberg claimed that the most Descartes could claim was that "there is thinking going on." ... He is claiming that Descartes has not basis to assume that the...

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To go back to the subject of how Descartes can be certain that he has a true belief. ... It has been disputed that Descartes provides the minor premise "I am thinking- the conclusion I exist' and therefore it is possible to define the major premise as "whatever is thinking, exists-, signifying a syllogistic inference. ... Initially the aforementioned argument fails on the basis of Descartes' inability to have prior knowledge of the major premise "whatever is thinking, exists-. ... Perhaps Descartes does not have a basis to assume that there is "a thinker- as opposed to thoughts goin...

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The creation process is one of the most important parts of art; it is where the inspiration and creative ideas flow into whatever is being made. ... Final works of art affect people in different ways and trigger different emotions and thoughts depending on the person and what is going on in his or her mind. ... Though it resembles a portrait of exactly what is going on in the story, it also could not have been the way it originally was intended to be viewed, and also other people perceive it in a completely different way as well. ...

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Mindfulness is accepting without judging what thoughts and emotions are going on one's mind in that present moment. ... Hence, by accepting without judging what thoughts and emotions are going on your mind in that present moment, one will change his/her none-performing mind to a well-performing mind. ... One should remember to take r time also in whatever is done, no need to rush. ...

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Steve Schaffer, writing on the NASA website, describes this, noting that The Artificial Intelligence Group does research on Artificial Intelligence in areas to further help scientist to discover the deep out reaches of space, going to areas which at the moment are inhospitable to human bodies, but bearable for the artificial intelligence in their mechanic bodies (Schaffer). ... Unemployment rates could go up, and humans could soon lose their grounds as dominant creatures. ... If it comes as far as some hope, people can achieve higher education for themselves, go beyond normal research, and may...

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Contiguity is the idea that things go together, or are results of each other. Whatever objects operate together as causes and effects are seen as contiguous. ... The statement that whatever has a beginning has also a cause of existence is not implied by any of the relations of resemblance, proportions in quantity and number, degrees of any quality, or contrariety; therefore, it is not able to be refutable using reason. ...

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First, Descartes realizes that many of his beliefs are false, stating, "It is some years now since I realized how many false opinions I had accepted as true from childhood onwards, and that, whatever I had since built on such shaky foundations, could only be highly doubtful (Descartes 13).... After presenting this argument, he goes on to claim that his perceptions in his dreams appear to be so real because while sleeping, he draws on perceptions and beliefs that he has come to know in his waking life. ...

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The purview of love, in Plato as in common language, is restricted "to those whose enthusiasm is directed at one specific type who are described by the terminology that belongs to the whole class, that of love, loving, and lovers." (205d) She then goes on to knock down Aristophanes' definition of love as searching for one's other half on the grounds that this is only true if being reunited is good, using the example that amputation is acceptable if a limb is seen as diseased. ... Whatever the reason for its creation, the concept of Platonic love is a beautiful affirmation of the huma...

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"Affordance" refers to whatever it is in the environment that contributes to the kind of interaction that occurs. Gibson developed an interactionist view of perception which focuses on the thinker dynamically interacting with the world (Chemero A. , 2013). The concept of affordances is intertwined w...

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Some physicalist colour theories seem to dismiss this anthropocentric argument and go whole hog for the idea that what you see is what you get. ... But whatever the cause, the fact that bees and flowers do display a symbiotic relationship surely gives justification to the claim that a dispositional property exists as a primary usable, changeable, evolvable' attribute, employed specifically by the flower to appeal to the bee and therefore honed to the specific sensory characteristics of the bee. ...

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When these things are reacted to and conformed to by behavior in some way, it indicates a mind in a limited bubble, bound by the illusion of duality -- and in this way, not privy to ultimate truth; and in this way, not free, subconsciously lonely, and in the dark -- all, obviously, to varying degrees with each person, depending on how much, for whatever reason, he focuses on his duality and reacts to it. ... Because every person is a 'distinguishment' coming from the upper planes, including the Mindscape, because all minds are inherently from it, a part of it, and actually -...

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"No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience." ... As mentioned before Locke as an empiricist contended that there are no innate principles stamped upon the mind of human being, because principles such as "Whatever is, is" and "It is impossible for the same thing to be and not to be" are not innately known to people, but are a result of knowledge through learning. ... Having proven that the materialist is, at best, a doubter, Berkeley goes on to offer the compelling argument that primary and secondary qualities are, together, one thing. ...

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