Douglas Nelson opened the inquiry with points at which science has changed. The basis was the changing of sciences from old to new. The first subject was how the reality of the universe has or has not changed. The reality of the universe hasn't changed, but our understanding of reality has change...
Gestalt Psychology Today By Wolfgang KÖhler In this piece Kohler talks about certain schools of psychology (Especially Behaviorism) and other sciences, while talking about the new theories in Gestalt psychology. He begins by talking about the history of Gestalt psychology and mentions how s...
Representative Realism John Locke thought that the ideas or perceptions which we have of objects in the external world partially represent the objects as they are in themselves, and so whether they are being perceived or not. This view of Locke's is called representative realism. The term "realis...
In order to accurately understand how Kant bridged the gap between the rationalist method of understanding and knowledge and the empiricists, you must first separate and define the two. The rationalist point of view stemmed from Plato, and was acclaimed by many other great philosophers such as De...
Descartes set out to find and isolate in his mind those things which he could doubt even to the tiniest degree. The purpose of this would seem to be to discover truths which cannot be doubted in any way. He wishes to gain true knowledge and his method of doubt will apparently clear his mind of any s...
Rene Descartes' Argument from Divisibility is the argument in which he claims that the mind and the body are two completely different things and thus cannot be identical. His argument is that the body is divisible because it can be physically altered like being cut in half. His belief is that the ...
REFLECTION PAPER I Contrary to contemporary thought a skeptic need not necessarily be a negative person. In fact Rene Descartes believes a negative thinking person is the polar opposite of a skeptic, opinions expressed in the negative would lead Descartes to dismiss such person fro...
Rene Descartes' Argument from Divisibility is the argument in which he claims that the mind and the body are two completely different things and thus cannot be identical. His argument is that the body is divisible because it can be physically altered like being cut in half. His belief is that ...