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true of actions as well as other events, not in order to argue that determinism is compatible with actions being freely performed ...

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

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

controversial writings on religion and morality (Hume, 2002). In fact, he continued to turn out essays and critical writings on ev...

you, and by the cold reception which your pretended discoveries shall meet with, when communicated. Be a philosopher; but amidst ...

In six pages Scottish philosopher David Hume's skepticism concerning the existence of miracles is discussed which although interes...

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

In three pages this paper discusses David Hume's philosophical belief that causation laid the foundation for rational belief with ...

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

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

thought and action are connected, bringing to mind the view of science and how it demonstrated the same evidence. Character...

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

In five pages David Hume's contention that there is no God is countered by an opposing argument. Two sources are cited in the bib...

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

with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...

questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...

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...

a philosopher, Philo a skeptic and Demea a theologian. Well see if this is correct and analyze one of the arguments. Cleanthes O...

day. There is no reason to speculate that it will not rise tomorrow. Hence, there is a quandary. There is logic that considers sci...

In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...

This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...

this sentiment and states that it is good when each individual realizes their talents and abilities to their fullest. Speaking in ...

assented to three kinds of knowledge: intuitive, demonstrative, and sensitive and all are based upon the concept of "ideas" (Kenyo...

guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...

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...

Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...

In four pages this essay analyzes Emerson's quote and the philosophies that inspired this outlook....

In seven pages this paper considers Hume's compatibilism philosophy and offers criticisms to examine how his position could be mod...

In five pages both philosophical arguments regarding moral judgment are compared along with a consideration of why each would disa...