Rene Descartes

The Age of Reason: What was it and What Did it Mean to Mankind?

The period of time between 1600 and 1700 is often referred to as A Period of Enlightenment or The Age…

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Driving Ideas of the Philosophes Movement.

The Philosophes were a group of eighteenth century French Enlightenment thinkers who believed in three central ideas: progress, Deism, and…

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For Philosopher Rene Descartes, Life is but a Dream in His Meditation 1

Descartes undertakes an arduous task in his attempt to, "…establish anything firm and lasting in the sciences (The Meditations…)." In…

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Thomas Jefferson’s Philosophy and the Declaration of Independence

In the beginning, independence rose to the forefront of philosophical inquiries into the "Natural Rights" of man. The theories of…

7 months ago

Why Rene Descartes’ “I Think, Therefore I Am” Does Not Prove Our Existence

"Cogito ergo sum," which is Latin for "I think, therefore I am," is a philosophical statement famously postulated by Rene…

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Empiricism and Psychology

Empiricism is a mode of expertise, which typically involves observation and experimentation. Historically empiricism traces its roots back to the…

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Your Perception is Your Reality

Perception is defined as: "the process of attaining awareness or understanding of sensory information." This sensory information is your mental…

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