Descartes' views on mind, body and substance dualism

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   10/07/2009   |   .doc   |   2 pages
Document abstract : « Differing essences of the mind and body; Conclusion; Bibliography. French philosopher Descartes makes it very clear, when making the comparison ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Mind as mental substance. Method of conceiving the mind and body . The faculty of imagination . Differing essences of the mind and body. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

Irony in 18th century British Literature

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Case study   |   09/04/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « (Herbert Gunther). Works Cited Descartes, Rene. Eye and Mind. In the Primacy of Perception. Spelman, Elizabeth. Woman As Body: Ancient and Contemporary Views. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Western intellectual thought .. The central problem in the mind-body relation.. Sexuality within Tristram Shandy.. One aspects of the mind-body problem - the circular correlation between self-perception and world-perception.. The...»

The Relationship of Being and Perception in Enlightenment Philosophy

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   10/03/2007   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « innate in human thought (and thus for Descartes, being representing one of the infinity of different views of the to be dependent on a thinking mind to perceive ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Berkeley's metaphysical idealism . Descartes' establishment of the essence of material things . The philosophical adventures of Descartes and Berkeley . Berkeley's empiricist epistemology . Berkeley's criticism of rationalism's...»

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