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one philosopher might say that it is always wrong to kill other people, or one might may qualify that idea by saying that it is al...

discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...

In ten pages Hume's life, works, and writings are considered including his Treatise of Human Nature, with an assessment of his inf...

In five pages this report contrasts and compares the conservative Bentham with the liberal Hume and then applies their concepts to...

even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...

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 ...

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...

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...

This paper written in a letter style consists of five pages and examines the contention that David Hum was an atheist and then con...

In five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...

determines that moral decisions are established as a result of moral sentiment rather than understanding. In the first section o...

rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...

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...

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

In five pages this paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...

This research report looks at Hume and Descartes and their ideas about reason. It is claimed that Hume minimized the use of reason...

In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...

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

In 5 pages this paper argues that the so-called Scottish Enlightenment was neither Scottish nor particularly enlightened with Ferg...

This is a 5 page critical review that criticizes the nation's system of juvenile justice and its many shortfalls, emphasizing the ...

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 Hume's views on free will and determinism are examined within the context of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandi...

One will of course possess an impression from the sight, and supposes that there is a causal relationship between the flames and t...

In six pages this paper denotes similarities and differences in the philosophies of Plato and Hume regarding God, morality, and hu...

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

In eight pages Hume's counter philosophical arguments to causality are examined with supporting evidence offered by Immanuel Kant ...

In eight pages Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding serves as a springboard to a discussion regarding the Scottish philos...