Personal Reflection Paper Gary Galicia Cultural Diversity and Special Populations BSHS/345 March 11‚ 2013 Joseph Andrade Personal Reflection This paper is going to identify an occurrence of invidious comparison and vicarious traumatization that I’ve experienced. Invidious comparison happens each and every day to practically everyone in the world. It is human nature to compare themselves to others‚ Reflection When I think about invidious comparison and if I’ve ever done it‚ there
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Descartes now that he has found knowledge that he exists as a thinking thing‚ he starts looking around for more of these things called self-evident truths. He tries to unravel the facts of nature in his mind by trying to find a solution and proving the existence of God. By proving that God is the one that gives us a clear and different perception which means‚ that God is perfect in every way and the he does not deceive anyone. Because of this he is able to secure a sense of certainty for these clear
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oceans‚ no mountains‚ no earth‚ no moon; just him and his isolation. In “Meditation Three”‚ Descartes goes much deeper than just his famous philosophical ideal — if “one can think one can be”(Descartes 19). He goes on to explain how there must be a God. He states that if there was not a God‚ people would have created themselves. If this were to be true‚ everyone would create themselves as perfect people. Descartes believes that there must be a God. God created humans and other humans and other objects
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First Evaluative Paper Samuel Rogers Intro to Philosophy 100 In this paper‚ I will explain and evaluate Descartes doubts that he raises on both about the external world as well as these disciplines on the basis of the Evil Spirt Argument. The first thing that I am going to do is to explain what Descartes’s project of the Meditations and the role of the method of doubt in that project. Then I will explain the Evil Spirit Argument in depth about each of the premises. Once I explain the argument I
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Name Professor’s Name Class Date Descartes’ two proofs of God’s existence. Descartes uses the proof ‘Meditation III’ to explain God’s existence. The proof is given via reasoning‚ which begins by describing how he comes to such a conclusion. Descartes does this by mentally closing himself from the general public‚ ignoring hearing‚ sight‚ and the remaining of his senses as he deeply looks and depends upon himself. This state gives him the opportunity of making an introspective look at the existence
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The essence of the main argument in the fourth Meditation of Descartes is to establish that there is a difference between God: his creator and himself‚ and how this difference does not taint the infinite abilities of God. Descartes commences his argument by first establishing his idea of being a thinking being. In his previous book‚ The Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy he sates‚ “Cogito ergo Sum”( ….) . This conditional statement translates to “ I think‚ therefore‚ I am”
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Descartes argument for the existence of God is based on two main principles. This is the principle of sufficient reasoning and the principle of adequate reality. The principle of sufficient reasoning means that everything has a cause. The principle of adequate reality is followed by sufficient reasoning and means that there must be at least as much reality in the cause as the effect. An example of having at least as much reality in the cause as the effect could be studying for a test and receiving
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While Peirce‚ Bacon‚ Kuhn and Polkinghorn are all Empiricists‚ I can relate mostly with Kuhn’s position regarding universality and objectivity of the scientific method. Kuhn acknowledged that paradigms established by the scientific community shift periodically as new discoveries are made. These new paradigms lead to new questions of existing data and possibly a new direction in the research field. Not simply relying on past research and experience‚ but instead being open to exploring alternatives
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Sebastian Gumina Paper Topic #1 Descartes’ Skeptical Method Descartes’ method offers definitive conclusions on certain topics‚ (his existence‚ the existence of God)but his reasoning is not without error. He uses three arguments to prove existence (His and God’s) that attempt to solidify his conclusions. For his method to function seamlessly‚ Descartes needs to be consistent in his use of the method‚ that is‚ he must continue to doubt and challenge thoughts that originate in his own
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existence of God. In the third meditation‚ Descartes first introduces two forms of reality: formal and objective as his foundation for his rationale. The formal reality of anything is the actual existence and the degree of its perfection as a mode of mind whether the idea is of a finite or infinite substance whereas the objective reality of an idea is its inherent degree of perfection‚ considered now with regard to its content. With this connection‚ Descartes explains that the idea of God is the idea
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