Essays 61 - 90
This is a 5 page critical review that criticizes the nation's system of juvenile justice and its many shortfalls, emphasizing the ...
with whatever is remote and extraordinary; and running without control into the most distant parts of space and time in order to a...
In six pages Scottish philosopher David Hume's skepticism concerning the existence of miracles is discussed which although interes...
of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...
In five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...
This research report looks at Hume and Descartes and their ideas about reason. It is claimed that Hume minimized the use of reason...
In five pages this paper examines David Hume's philosophy regarding knowledge and how it is based upon immediate perceptual experi...
In five pages this paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...
have been the fact that the individual has MS or CP or some other disease. Another reason might have been that they simply were no...
Human Understanding, by David Hume (2001), may be helpful. In his classic volume, Hume demonstrates that people know the causes...
is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...
He asserted that evidence that God exists in a singular or plural context because it has become universally accepted as truth (135...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...
controversial writings on religion and morality (Hume, 2002). In fact, he continued to turn out essays and critical writings on ev...
of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...
In five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...
In eleven pages this report discusses how Hume's skeptical views shaped his perceptions regarding good taste and art with the writ...
It is here that the concept of utility arises. Hume asserts that qualities are valued either for their agreeableness, either to t...
determines that moral decisions are established as a result of moral sentiment rather than understanding. In the first section o...
for others, such as Bentham and Mill. One of the positions for which Hume is famous is that we cannot derive ought from is, in oth...
ever voted, by a tenth part of those who were bound to pay obedience to it " (Hume PG). One can take this notion a step further an...
In twelve pages this research paper examines the evolution of pluralism in a consideration of such philosophies as David Hume's em...
In seven pages this paper considers Hume's compatibilism philosophy and offers criticisms to examine how his position could be mod...
thought and action are connected, bringing to mind the view of science and how it demonstrated the same evidence. Character...
In a report consisting of eight pages abortion is examined within the context of David Hume's utilitarian philosophy and Aristotle...
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 paper examines how David Hume's perspectives are addressed by Thomas Nagel in his arguments. Three sources are...
In three pages this paper discusses David Hume's philosophical belief that causation laid the foundation for rational belief with ...
In eight pages this research paper considers philosophical perspectives regarding God's existence and includes David Hume's opposi...