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René DescartesIn his Fifth Meditation, Descartes makes a solid argument to disprove the idea that truth is found only through our senses. To use one of this examples, we do not know triangles are real because we...
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René DescartesCartesian dualism is the the idea that the human body is a mechanical object that is controlled by an immaterial mind, first proposed by seventeenth-century French philosopher René Descartes...
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René Descartes"Je pense donc je suis" by Descartes can be translated into English as "I think, therefore I am" and into Latin as "cogito ergo sum." Descartes published this phrase in his Discourse on the Method...
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René DescartesIn terms of the the philosophical implications of Descartes' statement, the idea becomes very clear that the ability to think is what defines consciousness. The doubt inherent in the questioning...
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René DescartesDescartes claimed that there is an essential distinction between the mind (or soul) and body. Proceeding from his famous maxim, “I think, therefore I am,” Descartes concluded that the first thing I...
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René DescartesThe answer to this is a bit complicated (no surprise there) and not terribly convincing, but here it is: First, Descartes has to prove that there is something out there other than ourselves. He...
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René DescartesDue to the fact that formatting only allows for brief answers, I had to shorten your question because Kant's views on consciousness are far more complex than space allows.According to Descartes,...