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words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...

circumstances or the surrounding empirical conditions (158). Kant goes on to elaborate on this point but concludes with an interes...

The central issue has nothing to do with the sex of the individuals. The case is not affected by the fact that they are two...

Woody Guthries and Henry Fondas careers, and many current land- and water-use policies in the western United States. Ideas, even b...

one belonged. Kant believed that accessing this moral law which was indeed universal consisted of relying on our own instincts, n...

rationalism of Leibniz and the skepticism of Hume" (Immanuel Kant). Kants bottom-line position is that individuals should act fro...

the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctrine of virtue. This is also further subdivided...

In nine pages this paper examines infidelity as a form of lying as represented in the movie Random Hearts and in literature in the...

In five pages a case study involving whether or not to have a baby or have an abortion is examined in an application of the theori...

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

education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...

The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...

see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...

at least, Hume is positing that reason does not have a very important role to play in life, thus, reason, to Hume, would be defini...

this is a ludicrous statement because if the sun did not rise, there would be no life as human beings need the sun in order for th...

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

supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...

(Washington State University, 2004). Plato asserts that our perceptions are essentially "shadows" of real objects. In ot...

This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...

"experienced" internally in some manner, as well as externally via touch or logical use of the item in daily living. In thi...

Loftus report that visitors to Disneyland had come to the conclusion that they met Bugs Bunny, but the rabbit is actually a Warner...

is, there is both free will and determinism. The idea that free will and determinism are one in the same is rare, but it seems ...

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

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

Hume was often at odds with other philosophers when it came to his personal perception of human nature and the ways of life....

if cats and dogs and other animals are pets and viewed as members of the family, how can people experiment on them and then put th...

In five pages this paper examines the 'Argument from Design' argument from both sides as considered by David Hume in Dialogues Con...

In ten pages this paper examines what philosophy represents as considered in Philosophy The Quest For Truth by Louis R. Pojman a...

This paper examines the concepts of empiricism and common sense from the perspectives of George Berkeley and David Hume in five pa...

In three pages this report discusses the utilitarian philosophy of David Hume in a consideration of the role of sympathy in 'Why U...