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

be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...

than just reasoning and experience anyway. Deductive and causal reasoning are two types but it is still not construed as adequate ...

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

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 this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...

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

of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...

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

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

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 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...

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 ...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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