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a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...

of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...

with whatever is remote and extraordinary; and running without control into the most distant parts of space and time in order to a...

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

In five pages Hume's attack on the self or personal identity is discussed as represented in A Treatise of Human Nature and also co...

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

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

In five pages material substance concepts are considered in this contrasting and comparison of three philosophical perspectives wi...

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

In five pages Hume's views on morality are discussed in terms of their origins and arguments against limiting self serving actions...

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

In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...

In nine pages this research paper examines Hume's philosophical conclusions regarding moral judgments and the roles sentiment and ...

this argument on the fact federal policy on such issues as embryonic stem cell research has been decided along religious lines (Ma...

In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...

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

is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...

the immortality of the soul. The main points are as follows. First of all, Hume points out that the soul is said to be immaterial,...

they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...

present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...

long before the development of measurement and observation tools that could provide "proof" of his position. Scientifically...

only from a scientific standpoint but from a philosophical and political standpoint as well. British philosopher John Lock...

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...

the importance of direct experience in the formulation of knowledge, is at the core of Humes overarching skepticism, which makes a...

may volunteer to go door to door to collect money for charity. Each makes use of leisure time. Yet, one might attach the actions o...

it is also the case that in general terms, people seem to believe what they see. They do not see atoms and they do see a solid mas...

to change moral systems developed before him with complicity in an illegitimate process of reasoning" (p.6). Essentially, he is as...

neighbors. Such things do happen. When life happens, it is often unique and has little reference to the past. Yet, in examining t...

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