Awake!

Meditation is where Descartes first introduces his “dreaming argument” in the Meditations on the First Philosophy. Descartes explained how he was convinced that when he was dreaming, he was sensing real objects. He was almost positive that he was awake and sitting by the fire, but then later realizes he was dreaming, although he was fully convinced it was real experience he had. Descartes tell us that this sensation he had felt could be dream images but then mentions how even dream images are created

Based on the time management activity we have done in class, I learned that activities that I want to take up a majority of time spent awake rather than activities I need/have to do. I realized that I need to learn how to prioritize my time so that I can incorporate tasks I need to do. The activities I want to do include math team for 2 hours after school, which leads me to go home late and have less time to do the activities I need to do. According to the time management activity, I spend 30 minutes

the body, hormones regulations, and it relaxes the muscles when in sleep, but not having enough sleep will leave a person to be sleep deprived. In other words, this will be about how sleep affects the human body, while sleeping, or when a person is awake. To begin with, here are some general facts about sleep itself. Sleep affects so many body functions, more than one actually, so scientist do not really know the specific function for sleep. Many

Thus, he establishes the premise that there are no certain indicators which enable one to differentiate between being awake and being asleep. He supports this by suggesting that the images that are seen in dreams are representations of real, existing things. He provides an example of painters. He states that when painters create what looks like something completely new

"I like the caffeine in it," said sophomore Rose Mtoka. "It keeps me alive and awake. When I'm tired and my appetite is down, it's a good thing and refreshing." Others like Eddy Kawira, a frosh, find Mountain Dew to be a good alternative to hot caffeinated beverages like coffee. They like a variation in the taste of

According to Descartes’, “As I think about this more carefully, I see plainly that there are never any sure signs by means of which being awake can be distinguished from being asleep.” This is the fundamental principle of the Dreaming Argument. The scenarios in which we experience whilst we are asleep are comparable to the scenarios we experience whilst we are awake. Often, we struggle to tell from our own perspective where our experiences are derived from; it is difficult to differentiate whether our

simple enough for anyone to understand. The most profound question this story presents is “How do you distinguish reality from a dream?” Many people have experienced the feeling of waking up from a vivid realistic dream and wondering if they’re truly awake. The majority of people answer this question using rationalism and the famous philosopher, Descartes’, idea of “hyperbolic doubt”. This story gives a clear example of these ideas and how they are used.

good, and be functioning at a high level, within 30 minutes to an hour after waking up” (“Sleep Inertia”). This mean that even if you make it to your 8 AM class, you will still need 15 to 45 minutes before you are fully awake. How do you make up the difference so you can fully awake for clas?

the Iowa Gambling Task” sets out to answer if sleeping helps improve decision making. For this study, they used the “Iowa Gambling Task (IGT)” on participants. After the IGT, participants had 12 hours of being awake, 12 hours of sleep, or 12 hours of sleep followed by 12 hours of being awake before taking the IGT again. This experiment is important because it would show if we make better decisions after sleeping on it. For important decisions, such as laws, business decisions, and even jury decisions

can do better in school,and students can even have a better behavior. Students need more time to sleep i know this because students need about from 8 to 9 hours of time to sleep.Also I know that everybody learns better when they are awake and they will be awake with more sleep.Another reason school starting times should be later is because “According to researchers they had tested about 9000 students in Minnesota and found that shifting the school start time later