Descartes' First Three Meditations and Human
Knowledge : A 6 page analysis paper on how man can know
anything in reality and what if life is all a dream. The writer
details Descartes' philosophy of knowledge with particular
emphasis on principles described in the first three meditations.
No additional sources cited. Descknow.wps

Descartes’ Meditations / The Mind Is More Easily Known
Than The Body : A 4 page essay discussing Rene Descartes
“Meditations” and his assertion that the mind is more easily
known than the body. The “wax example” is also briefly
discussed. No additional sources cited. Descmind.wps

Descartes’ Meditations / Senses : This 5 page research paper
examines French philosopher Rene Descartes assessment on
the reliability of sensory perceptions and whether or not the
senses can be trusted. Specifically discussed are Descartes'
deductive reasoning as it appears in his Meditations on First
Philosophy, and an evaluation of his argument. Bibliography
lists 3 sources. Sensean.wps

Descartes / Essays on.. : 8 pages containing three essays on
Descartes (Two are 3 pages in length each and the remaining is
2 1/2 pages). Examined are the nature of the soul, God,
consciousness etc; Please write for more information. No
Bibliography. Descessa.wps

Descartes / Of Sound Mind and Body ? : This 7 page paper
seeks to prove the hypothesis: In doubting the truth of every
intellectual proposition, and conversely by transcending doubt
simply through a belief in his own existence, Descartes shows
the flaws in his methods. He requires that his methods be
based on rationality and fundamental truth, but these are
assumed by Descarte and subjective to his whimsy. In all,
Descartes was only rationalizing truth for himself. Therefore,
we must look at scientific inquiry based on Descartes methods
as inherently flawed. Bibliography lists 6 sources. Rene.wps

Descartes / Of Sound Mind and Body ? -- Version 2 :
A 9-page paper postulating that : In doubting the truth of
every intellectual proposition, and conversely by transcending
doubt simply through a belief in his own existence, Descartes
shows the flaws in his methods of deductive reasoning through
the processes of skepticism. He requires that his methods be
based on rationality and fundamental truth, but these are
assumed by Descarte and subjective to his belief systems. In
all, Descartes was only rationalizing truth for himself.
Therefore, we have looked at scientific inquiry based on
Descartes methods as inherently flawed--with some exceptions.
Bibliography lists 8 source. Rene2.wps

The Mind-Body Problem : An 8 page paper discussing the
mind-body problem, also known as Cartesian Dualism. The
writer argues that Cartesian Dualism is one of the factors that
has encouraged the mindset, predominant in the Western
world, that the mind has greater access to knowledge than the
body. Such negation of “physical” knowledge has limited
many aspects of human potential. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Mindbody.wps

Descartes' "Ghost In The Machine": What, exactly, are the
body, mind and spirit? Are they distinct? Is the mind relegated
to the physical manifestation of gray matter and where is the
spirit located? Four hundred years ago Descartes was
pondering the same questions, although, for him, it was
delineated into the body and mind. Descartes, being a
mathematician, saw the body and mind in concrete terms. The
body was a machine, made of matter and functioning as a
process of re-action, or cause and effect. Descartes was unable
to deny that there was, within him and presumably all others, a
distinct awareness that functioned separate from the body, but
within the logic of pure imagination: the mind. The question of
where the mind was located led him to what has become
known as Cartesian Dualism. This 5 page paper explores the
life of Descartes, his theory of dualism and it's applicability to
today. Bibliography lists 2 sources. KTghosts.wps

Descartes and Sartre/Differences in Philosophy : A 2 page
research paper that compares and contrasts the philosophy of
Jean-Paul Sartre with that of Rene Descartes. In so doing, the
writer basically looks at the differences between the
Enlightenment and the postmodern era. Bibliography lists 2
sources. 90sar&des.wps
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