René Descartes

. If one had to ask me before taking this “Introduction to Philosophy” course what Philosophy was, I would have formulated my answer to be somewhere along the lines of “It is..ya’ know… the questioning of everything?” and would have tried to promptly change the subject as I actually did not have any idea as to what the subject of Philosophy actually encompassed. However, now after the course’s completion, I have not only acquired greater understanding, but I have also gained much interest on…

Olivia Travis October 9, 2015 Unit 3 Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Essential Questions: The Scientific Method was made by Francis Bacon and René Descrates. Two men who rejected Aristotle's scientific assumptions. By Decrates knowledge about doubt and how doubt is the only thing that you can't question because it is a for sure thing to have. Bacons feelings about experimentation and observation they together created the scientific method. Plato taught man that we need to look…

There comes a point in time when all people must begin to assess the truths they acknowledge. This process can either result in a strengthening of the beliefs one already holds as they further confirm the ideologies, or it can result in a complete reversal of all that one previously held as true with respect to a certain facet of their beliefs. Throughout the course of my life I previously gave very little thought and reflection to the beliefs I held. I was held under the perspective that they…

Descartes believed that it is impossible to deny the existence of your own mind while using the same mind to deny it, therefore proving that it does exist (Pojman, 2004, p.287). However this does support that Harold does “exist” and it also indirectly supports…

3. - On The Spirit of Laws The Spirit of the Laws was published in 1748 by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, a French nobleman, judge, and influential political figure. His political theories presented in On The Spirit of Laws basically touch upon the role of government within the nation’s political structure. According to him, there are three powers in government, including legislative, executive (in things dependent on laws of nation), and executive (in things that depend on the civil…

In the early 17th century names like Francois Viete and Bartholomeo Pitiscus were still ringing through the mathematical community’s ears. Viete had blown everyone away with his book Canon Mathematicus in 1579. The book contained a collection of trigonometric formulas and tables. Viete was also responsible for trisecting an angle and the construction of the regular pentagon. Bartholomeo Pitiscus had coined the term trigonometry in the title of his 1595 book, Trigonometria. This book was split…

personality, thus relating to the psychodynamic approach we know today. Psychology started to evolve into its own formal branch, albeit with some assistance from philosophers and scientists. Influential persons include Charles Darwin and Descartes. René Descartes (1596 – 1650) believed the body’s functions are automatic (Dualism); the mind is “the seat of the soul” (Hayes, 2000, pg. 2). This view was challenged. For example,…

Life and its reasons have been one of the most controversial debates for decades. The study of life or rather the study of beginning of life has been around for more than two-hundred years. The topics that involve the study of life include metaphysics, ontology, and philosophy. Stay here and read the paper to find out how close humanity has been to finding the answer to the beginning of life. As far back as records show, Aristotle, a Greek philosopher and a scientist was the very first…

Immanuel Kant is a German philosopher who played a big part in the knowledge of theory, ethics and the beauty and nature in life. He was born in Königsberg, east Prussia. Which is now a part of Russia, but back then was known as a part of Germany. Immanuel was a huge influence on all aspects of philosophy especially the different schooling of Kantianism and Idealism. Kantianism is the rightness or wrongness of actions that does not depend on the consequences of those actions, but on if they…

This paper is investigating animal welfare and cosmetology from a moral philosophical framework. Cosmetic experiments on animals are not performed strictly for medial purposes, nor do they fulfill human or ecological needs. Although there are alternatives in place, the cosmetic industry’s primary goal is to maximize profit for the greater good of shareholders. Large corporations are best thought of as mechanical entities and machines for making money. Humans use utilitarianism to justify or…