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Descartes and Hume
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This 5 pager paper considers Descartes idea of existence, thought and the interconnectedness of mind ands matter. The writer then considers Hume and the way that he sees the proof for existence f the immortal soul. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEdescat.rtf

Descartes Proof For The Existence Of God
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A 5 page paper. Descartes' arguments for proving the existence of God are found in his Medication III. Like most of his arguments, they are circular in nature. This essay presents his major propositions leading to the conclusion that God exists. The writer then discusses how Aristotle might respond to Descartes argument by discussing Aristotle's conclusion that God exists. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PGdesgd.rtf

Descartes' "Meditations On First Philosophy": Cultivating A Sense Of Wonder About The World
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5 pages in length. The writer chooses Meditation III -- Of God: that He exists -- to illustrate how Descartes cultivates a sense of wonder about the world. No additional sources cited.
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Descartes' Meditation III
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A 5 page paper which presents the arguments, and then discusses the arguments, in Descartes' Meditation 3. No additional sources cited.
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Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy
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A paper which gives an overview of Descartes' Meditiations, with particular reference to his distinction between objective and formal reality, and the way in which he proves the existence of God. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: JLfirstphil.rtf

Descartes's Meditations and His View of God
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This 5 page paper examines Descartes's mediations and looks at his definition of God, and specifically why God cannot be a deceiver. The philosopher's argument is examined for logic and validity. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA239Des.rtf

Descartes's Proof of God's Existence
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This 6 page paper focuses on Descartes's proof, but addresses other related issues. Possible motives for Descartes's desire to prove that God exists are a part of the discussion. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA109Des.wps

Descartes’ Cogito Argument
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This is a 4 page paper discussing the interpretations of Descartes’ cogito argument. Philosopher Rene Descartes (1596-1650) wrote his Mediations de prima philosophia in 1641 in an attempt to find the basic absolute truths in our beliefs, more specifically into a “belief he can be certain is true, even if he is believing, or God or an evil demon is trying to deceive him as fully as possible”. In Mediation II (1642), Descartes writes that “So after considering everything very thoroughly, I must finally conclude that this proposition, I am, I exist, is necessarily true whenever it is put forward by me or conceived in my mind”. There are several interpretations which have arisen from Descartes’ Mediation II, the most common being the idea “Cogito ergo sum” or “I am thinking, therefore I exist”. The two main interpretations of Descartes’ Mediation II involve the emphasis of the “I” within “I am, I exist” and the emphasis of the concept “think” within “I am thinking, therefore I exist”. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TJcogit1.rtf

Descartes’ Deductive Reasoning, Definitions and Principles Used to Argue the Existence of God
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This is a 5 page paper discussing Descartes’ deductive reasoning, definitions and principles used in proving the existence of God. In Rene Descartes’ Meditation III, he proposes a logical argument to prove the existence of God. To do this, he presents an internally consistent argument through deductive reasoning and in addition provides further clarification for the reader in terms of definitions of formal and objective reality and principles for reality which help clarify his argument. Even without the further definitions and explanations of the principles however, upon accepting the initial premises that “nothing comes from nothing”, “the cause of the effect must have as much reality as its effect”, and “the cause of the idea must have as much reality as the idea itself”, then the introduction of the idea of God, and the cause of this idea is logical in its conclusion that since only God has infinite reality then only God is the cause of the idea of God (also infinite reality) and therefore God exists. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TJDesca1.rtf

Descartes/Meditation III
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A 3 page essay that discusses Rene Descartes' arguments on the existence of God as outlined in his Meditation III from Meditations on First Philosophy. Drawing on what he intuits to be true of his own mind and perception, Descartes arrives at the conclusion that God's existence is undeniable. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khdegod2.rtf

Descartes/Third Meditation & Existence of God
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A 5 page research paper that discusses the argument for the existence of God presented in Renes Descartes in his third mediation from his work Meditations on First Philosophy. The writer also discusses the differences between ontological and cosmological arguments. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khdesgod.rtf

Descartes: The Cogito and Communication With Other Minds and Corporealities of Extension
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A 4 page overview of Descartes’ presentation of the cogito or “thinking thing” and the duality of mind and body which results. Details Descartes’ justification of the cogito and his explanation as to how it, separated from the world and its other beings, might nevertheless communicate reasonably with other minds and meaningfully relate to these and other corporealities of “extension”. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PPdesca4.rtf

Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther On Free Will
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This 7 page paper presents the positions of Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther on the subject of free will. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KTeralut.wps

Destiny or Circumstance?: Are Human Beings in Charge of Their Destiny?
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A 5 page discussion of destiny as it relates to the actional and nonactional theories. Associates the theory of biological determinism with the nonactional theory but observes other areas of research which indicate numerous factors, particularly parental involvement in our childhood, affect the way we live our lives. Concludes that there is some validity to the Actional Theory, the theory that it is us that determine our destiny. What becomes clear, however, is that our destinies are determined not only by factors which are under our control but also be predetermined factors such as our genes. Destiny therefore is predetermined in some instances but entirely under our control in others. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPdestin.wps