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a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...

In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of David Hume and Thomas Aquinas regarding religion and ultimate...

In eight pages this research paper considers philosophical perspectives regarding God's existence and includes David Hume's opposi...

the considerations surrounding his concepts of the mind and he supports his contentions with direct demonstrations of the applicab...

be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...

that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...

While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...

of souls (Frost 104). It is possible that Plato was attempting to use popular belief to promote the teaching of more profound trut...

from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...

18). Harrison (2006) credits Aquinas as being the "major figure" in the reintroduction of Aristotelian concepts into Western cul...

men for the society in which they develop. Youngs concepts of justice and mans role in society appear to challenge those prese...

In five pages David Hume's definition of morality as a sympathy concept is applied to his contention that moral views do not stem ...

In five pages this report assesses David Hume's attitudes regarding jusice and examines why he labels it as an artificial virtue b...

In five pages this paper examines how David Hume's perspectives are addressed by Thomas Nagel in his arguments. Three sources are...

or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...

reason provides a means of discerning action that is "according to nature" (77). He also cites Augustine in stating that there are...

story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound ...

I want to do? Are there really any obligations which reach me from outside the realm of my own desire? To put it into a more pithy...

course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...

In five pages this report considers how Aquinas differentiated between eternal law and natural law in a discussion that also inclu...

that the object of thought is capable of being. Hume understands that, quite simplistically, the soul is simply . . . the soul. ...

deeper and ask just what the nature of these impressions are, and how they operate (PG). The impression may after all arise from...

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

In four pages this report examines subjective and objective morality from the perspective of David Hume. Two sources are cited in...

Inquiry Concerning The Principles of Morals Hume appears to attack the rigorism model of moral judgment in that he believes that ...

for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...

Aquinas goes on to explain Christs sacrifice through suffering in that it came out of Christs love and obedience for mankind. This...

In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...

In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...