René Magritte

For my first Get Out paper, I have chosen to write about Epistemology. Epistemology is known to be the study of human knowledge. It simply explains how we get it, what it is, whether we have it, or why we don 't. Each philosopher had a different theory about knowledge and how we come about it. Descartes believed that if we wanted to believe in something with a certainty, that we had to first doubt everything that we already know. In other words, we had to simply pretend that everything was…

This belief in philosophy that the mind, soul, or conscious is independent from the body is referred to as Cartesian dualism; in other words, if the body dies the mind does not. Trying to distinct the mind from the body has been a topic in philosophy since Rene Descartes, one of the most influential founders. In one of Descartes first essays, the ‘Second Meditation: Of the Human Mind’, he wrote about how he believed that the mind and the body were two separate entities and self is distinct from…

PA is the seed of the innate light, which has the effect of shining the light throughout the Dharmadattu. This light also means wisdom, therefore, when we cultivate the seed syllable PA, the result is the cultivators will manifest the wisdom that penetrates all phenomena in the universe. Let us regularly visualize the seed of light PA to develop the wisdom light so that we will have a more comprehensive worldview and a more expansive and compassionate heart. For example, when we are selfish…

Descartes was regarded widely as the father of modern philosophical culture. The original plan was to be metaphysical philosophy and conceptual basis for the half-science, by which science will become useful to man and allow him to control the natural environment. Meditations on First Philosophy, less known in wide circles than? Discourse on Method, in the eyes of a professional philosopher is a major work of Descartes, the book around which all others are focused his lyrics Meditation can be…

1. Compare and contrast the views of John Searle and Rene Descartes on dualism.is composed of two substances: mind and body. One is physical and one is non-phyical. Rene Descartes views on dualism are known as substance and simple dualism. He believed that reality was composed of two substances, one being the mind which consists of inmaterial thing such as thoughts and emotions. Then the Bosy which existered in the material space. However, John Searle’s views on dualism where known as…

To live in a static state of mind is to restrict the joy one may find in life. Oliver Sacks, Maggie Nelson, and Robert Thurman all suggest that one’s perception of the world, as well as the flexibility of their state of mind, directly correlates with how they exist within it. Specifically, Thurman’s work “Wisdom” claims that it is necessary for one to abandon the idea of having a fixed and strict self but rather open up one’s mind to become a flexible thinker, allowing one to create human…

In this paper, I will be arguing the meaning of a pragmatic paradox, Husserl’s theory of time-consciousness, whether there are a pragmatic paradoxes in the view of time and in the statement “I do not exist”. The relation of time has repercussion on how we understand how a conscious mind works. I will argue that there is no pragmatic paradox with the idea of time as the current model of physics proves time does not flow; however, there is a pragmatic paradox with the statement “I do not exist”,…

According to Oxford dictionary, the Mind is the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think and to feel. It is the faculty of consciousness and thought. While the body is the physical structure (internal and external) of a person. When it says the mind helps a person to feel, the feeling it is talking about are the emotional feelings. As we know, the body also helps one to feel the environment and the physical pain. So how is the mind and the…

If the world you lived in wasn’t real, how would you know? In this paper, I will be discussing Descartes’s line of reasoning while attempt to prove the uncertainty of many ordinary beliefs using his universal or Cartesian doubt, in Descartes’s book Meditations on First Philosophy. Dubbed the “Father of Modern Philosophy”, Descartes was a philosopher in Sweden who taught others philosophy, and was also a huge advocate for mathematics, specifically geometry. He doubts everything that his senses…

Depression: It means being continually sad or unhappy. It is usually accompanied by lethargy and loss of appetite and sleep disturbances. The patient normally withdraws from his friends and becomes less social. Seligman (1973), said depression psychiatry "cold”, because of its diagnostic frequency. It is usually easy to see when someone is depressed What Are the Main Causes of Depression? Depression can occur due to a variety of reasons such as: • Abuse: Misuse, Past physical, sexual, or…