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nature and follow it. It will not be discovered in a rational, intellectualized society. Hume The foundation of Humes think...

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

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

that the repetition of events in no way created "cause" and that there is not existing interdependence on actions that could be de...

In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...

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

that one already has some sense of who they are. Therefore, using ones senses cannot be used to initially gain an idea of humanity...

event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...

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

a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...

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 ...

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

here on Earth. This of course, did not go over well with the Church who was used to organizing everyones life on Earth. Reason, th...

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...

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

acknowledging it as the source from which the mind receives sensory information. However, Kant argued that the mind cannot know th...

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

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

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...

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

In five pages this paper discusses the religious existence of man and the causal relationships theory as they pertain to the philo...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the perception theories of David Hume and John Locke and exposes flaws in the empi...

In five pages business ethics are examined through applications of theories by philosophers David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and John St...

be beneficial in the long run. Do the ends justify the means? Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right or wrong, or what one...

In five pages the argument that Scottish philosopher David Hume was a racist is considered. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

contends that Humes definition of "cause" (using reason to infer existence), as "a bastard of the imagination, impregnated by expe...

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

This research paper discusses the positions espoused by classical economists Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo pertaini...

and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...

if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...