DESCARTES VS. LOCKE: KNOWLEDGE AS VIEWED FROM A FRENCH AND AN ENGLISH PERSPECTIVE Randy Hoang Philosophy 205: Introduction to Philosophy April 17‚ 2016 Descartes vs. Locke: Knowledge as Viewed from a French and an English Perspective Last year‚ I completed Basic Training for the United States Army Reserve. I was compelled to join the Army since my father is a veteran and I had a strong desire to also serve my country. During the training‚ I learned about knowledge and knowledge’s
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There are three standard ways in which we apply the word “know”: 1. I know who a person is‚ 2. I know how to do something‚ and 3. I know that something is the way it is. The third of the previously listed kinds of knowledge is the propositional case: “I know that” is followed by a proposition. For example‚ “I know that I am now typing up my précis”. Hospers discusses the propositional condition of knowledge. There are three essential components to propositional knowledge: truth‚ belief‚ and
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3-2 Rene Descartes Rene Descartes‚ also known as the “father of modern philosophy”. Descartes was born in the town of La Haye in the south of France‚ on March 31‚ 1596. Rene Descartes spent most of his life in the Dutch Republic. Joachim Descartes his father served in the Parliament of Brittany‚ France as a Councilor. When he is one year old‚ his mother Jeanne Brochard Descartes died. His father remarried‚ while he and his older brother and sister were raised by his grandmother. Descartes was never
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True Knowledge – Descartes vs. Plato Many philosophers have tried to figure out what exactly true knowledge is. For years they have been asking questions and looking deep into the mind to better understand the methods needed to get to true knowledge. If we go back to some of the earliest philosophers we meet Plato in Greece. Plato tried to take on the question himself in a fictional conversation he wrote up between Socrates and Meno‚ and in which we see some insight to what he believes it is
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insomnia and obesity is strongest in young and middle-age adults. Effects of Insomnia on growth. Highest levels of growth hormones are released into the bloodstream when we are sleeping. Although release of growth hormones is a continuous process and our body releases these growth hormones throughout the day and night but the level of release is highest during night and when we are sleeping. Because insomnia or sleep deprivation results in a decrease in the release of these hormones‚ there is an adverse
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If God is perfectly good and the source of all that is‚ how is there room for error or falsehood? Descartes attempts to answer this question in Meditation IV: On Truth and Falsity. “If I’ve gotten everything in me from God and He hasn’t given me the ability to make errors‚ it doesn’t seem possible for me ever to error. (Descartes‚ Meditation IV: On Truth and Falsity).” The framework of his arguments center on the Great Chain of Being‚ in which God’s perfect goodness is relative to His perfect being
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Unit 3: The conscious self AOS 1: Mind‚ brain and body AREA OF STUDY 1 Mind‚ brain and body Consciousness Consciousness refers to our level of awareness of our internal world‚ that is‚ our own personal thoughts‚ feelings and perceptions‚ external world‚ that is‚ our surroundings during any particular time‚ as well as our own existence. Psychological construct (or hypothetical construct) refers to hypothetical ideas regarding a phenomenon that is believed to exist however cannot be directly
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A DEBATE FOR THE AGES Nature Versus Nurture Jason Walter Liberty University Psych 101 The nature versus nurture debate is one of the most enduring in the field of psychology. In the 17th century the French philosopher René Descartes set out views which held that we all‚ as individual Human Beings‚ possess certain in-born ideas that enduringly underpin our approach to the world. The British philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke‚ on the other hand‚ took a more empirical approach emphasizing
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While nature plays a role in behavior‚ nature can’t have all the glory‚ so there has to be some nurturing involved with Nature vs. Nurture debate. It is clear that nurture is more important because the environment can develop mental illnesses‚ bad habits and behavior. In 1869‚ a considerable discussion on nature and nurture was created by Francis Galton. The debate of “Nature vs. Nurture” on which one could be considered “better” in a way by personality or traits. There were other philosophers before
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While both Galileo and Descartes advocate a more mathematical natural philosophy‚ what they advocate greatly differ from one another. Overall‚ Galileo tries to relate objects in terms of proportions and uses more Archimedean principles like Archimedes’ work on floating bodies and his simple machines. Because of this‚ Galileo’s natural philosophy is mechanical. It is clear that Galileo strives to make natural philosophy a discipline of mathematics. He tries to make mathematics a more respectable science
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