Rene Descartes Essays

Etienne Pascal had only one son, Blaise Pascal, who was born on June 19, 1623 in Clermont, Auvergne, France. He was the third child overall. When Blaise was three, his mother passed away and his family moved to Paris. His father, Etienne, decided to homeschool him and forbid him from learning math until he turned […]

Anthropology attempts to understand the question “what does it mean to be human? ” The Bororo people of South America create meaning for their individuality as humans by associating each clan with a specific totem, one being a red-breasted parrot. A Bororo male’s declaration that “I am a red-breasted parrot” is essentially different than a […]

During the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century. both Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes established and promoted their ain signifiers of scientific enquiry and natural doctrine. Francis Bacon promoted the usage of inductive research with the end of profiting world. and Rene Descartes promoted the usage of mathematics in scientific apprehension. Both Bacon and Descartes […]

Rene Descartes is a noteworthy figure in modern academia for his scholarly accomplishments, as exceptional individuals within the academic realm have a significant impact on their field. Renowned for his academic and general accomplishments, Rene Descartes was born on March 31st, 1596 in France. His mother, Jeanne Brochard, passed away the year after his birth […]

The great Aristotle once taught that “all men desire to know”. Sometime later, the learned Rene Descartes would respond in saying: “I have always had an extreme desire to learn how to distinguish the true from the false” (cited in Lavine, 1982, p. 92). Herein one needs to appreciate the great contribution of Descartes to […]

The statement “you know that you are reading this book,” has to be based on the premise that we can actually know anything as all. That, in turn, leads to questioning where we get our knowledge from in the first place. Furthermore, even if one was to find an answer, could it be proven sufficiently […]

Descartes’ starting point was simple: Empiricism is unreliable because our senses may misinform us. All beliefs or opinions based on sensory data may be mistaken. Instead of looking outward, we should look inward. However, even reason itself (if we allow for the possibility of a cosmic Deceiving Demon), may lead us astray. Thus the first […]

To understand the distinction that many philosophers make between body and soul, it is foremost important to define what exactly they both are. Both segments of the being can be seen to exhibit specific characteristics that make them identifiable as what we call ‘body’ and ‘soul’. The majority of the world population would define ‘body’ […]

In Descartes’ third meditation, he has already established his own existence using the concept of ‘Cogito’ and the unity of consciousness known as ‘Res Cogitans’. However, he has yet to prove the existence of external things since he only has the contents of his mind, devoid even of a body. This creates a state of […]

To assess whether any argument is sound it is necessary to spend a little time looking at what makes any argument sound. A philosophically sound argument is one constructed from a set of true premises which move towards a logical conclusion. The atheist can legitimately reach different conclusions from the theist but this essay will […]

‘The nature of the human mind, and how it is known better than the body’1 is the basis for Descartes argument “The Cogito” in his second of his Meditations. This argument stems from Descartes being left in the grips of doubt at the end Meditation One, where he calls all knowledge into question and that […]

St. Thomas Aquinas was an Italian philosopher of the mid-thirteenth century. He was sometimes referred to as the “Angelic Doctor”; he was a Dominican friar and believed to be the greatest medieval philosopher. One of his most famous works was the ‘Summa Theologica`, Which was sadly only half completed due to a religious experience, involving […]

The text discusses the task of seeking Truth, with a capital ‘T’, and how it involves studying three influential figures – St.Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, and William Wordsworth – who all have different perspectives on the pursuit of truth. Aquinas is described as an open-minded and tolerant Catholic philosopher who is interested in both philosophy and […]

If this Discourse appear too long to be read at once, it may be divided into six Parts: and, in the first, will be found various considerations touching the Sciences; in the second, the principal rules of the Method which the Author has discovered, in the third, certain of the rules of Morals which he […]

The concept of God is central to the development of Cartesian and Spinozan philosophy. Although both philosophers employ an ontological argument for the existence and necessity of God the specific nature of God differs greatly with each account. While Descartes suggests a Judeo-Christian concept of God, Spinoza argues a more monistic deity similar to that […]

Camas and Descartes both have something to say about life, its happenings and the reason why things are the way they are.  Camas believes in the absurd while Descartes believes in rationalism.  These two ways of thinking are very different indeed and completely clash against one another.  Those of the logical mind will generally agree […]

It is now 21st century and people are yet to conclude the debate over the ideas that Rene Descartes, the denizen of the French philosophers, raised in 17th century through his philosophical works like “A Discourse on Method” or “The Meditations”. Through them he set out to determine the limits of human reason as means […]

Cogito and dream arguments are some of the interesting philosophical works of Descartes, who is well known for his challenging arguments in modern the philosophy. However, these two types of arguments are different from each other in terms of their description but they finally agree on various issues of human existence. Dream argument portrays much […]

The Scientific Revolution sparked a transformation in knowledge, transitioning from the medieval era and reviving classical ideas from the Renaissance. This shift fostered analytical thinking regarding individual existence and philosophy of the mind, ultimately giving rise to rationalism and enabling the formation of natural sciences. The adoption of new perspectives and disciplines that prioritize fact, […]

The book of Rene Descartes (1641) entitled, Meditations on First Philosophy, argues that human being’s existence is composed primarily of two components, which are mind and body-formally being known as the theory of Dualism. Descartes has represented the human existence through his six forms of meditations that negates absolute belief on uncertain things and further […]

The famous philosopher, Rene Descartes (1596-1650), has proposed two important arguments in the field of philosophy and logic, particularly the (1) argument of mistaken sensorium, and (2) the evil demon argument. Rene Descartes is undoubtedly one pf the great contributors in the field of skeptical philosophy wherein he questions the reality of experience and the […]

Mind, body and God have always caused the major philosophical debates. Philosophers worked out various theories about their connection and combinations of them. This paper’s aim is to study the arguments of Descartes and Berkeley about God existence. We are going to stop at the main proofs, their consequences and the main problems connected to […]