... was executed. Philosophy is more than examining religion or the foundations of a society's beliefs. Another facet of our lives that we have benefitted from philosophizing is science and technology. Renee Descartes was a man who was philosophizing to find the truth in the sciences. He wrote what was his method of philosophy as far as seeking wisdom through a scientific method. The method ... working from the smallest problem to most important. The fourth is to "make enumerations so complete and reviews so general" that one is certain there were no mistakes. (Descartes and Cress 11) Since...

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... participant observation teaches us this somber reality) (Wagner 1981: 4) and that their own religion (worldview) is not always correct (The Galileo's telescope is an epoch making incident). After René Descartes' (1596-1650) famous cogito ergo sum (I think, therefore I am) which is closely connected with dubito ergo sum, autonomous rationality is being uphold as the final authority to arbitrate the truthfulness ... tradition, to acknowledge and listen to other traditions, to articulate moral convictions with humility, depth, and elegance, and to engage in fitting actions. (Greenway 1994a...

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... independent of any empirical condition and is conditioned by the mere form of law. Feeling of obligation cannot be deduced from a basic principle such as Plato's idea of Good or Descartes" cogito because such ideas are not knowable and representable and they are above human reason and autonomy. According to Kant anything independent from experience, unconditional cannot be known and represented ... ...

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... against everything that the military stands for and that a soldiers "conduct is a direct reflection of each and every member of" the United States Armed Forces (Benin 31). Just as Rene Descartes said, "To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they think" (Benin 32). Civilian citizens definitely draw conclusions about the military from what ... ...

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... to be, whether we just think we know them innately, as the young man Socrates met outside the courthouse knew piety, or we have devoted considerable thought to, such as Descartes" "I think, therefore I am." philosophy helps us to legitimize the knowing of all things, and by knowing all things we know the one thing we have true power over, our way ... ...

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... heritage of William Ockham and Cusanus and confirms Cusanus' foundation of sciences, which is elaborated into an analytical-synthetic epistemological model to approach reality. Comparing the theories of Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Francis Bacon, Hobbes, Newton, Locke and Vico, each in their own way reflects the above mentioned, adage. At the same time Augustine's introspective search for truth is further radicalised inasmuch ... ...

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... to be, whether we just think we know them innately, as the young man Socrates met outside the courthouse knew piety, or we have devoted considerable thought to, such as Descartes" "I think, therefore I am." philosophy helps us to legitimize the knowing of all things, and by knowing all things we know the one thing we have true power over, our way ... ...

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... what its called a true sense of reality. We should realize that the world is filled with deception and ideas, and it is imperative that we don't fall under its scheme. Descartes" advice of not getting attached to the world of external things, is very crucial for any human being who wants to improve his sense of reality and learn to fundamentally ... ...

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... - could have arisen from hereditary life experiences of "unfairness", but I"ll speak of this later. Our knowledge of reasoning is separately superior to the reality of appearances and relates to Descartes cognito ergo sum - I think therefore I exist theory in the sense that inner reasoning is the one thing we are more certain of that any other apparently existing external thing which ... ...

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