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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 ...

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

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

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

In eleven pages this report discusses how Hume's skeptical views shaped his perceptions regarding good taste and art with the writ...

He asserted that evidence that God exists in a singular or plural context because it has become universally accepted as truth (135...

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

This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...

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

It is here that the concept of utility arises. Hume asserts that qualities are valued either for their agreeableness, either to t...

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

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

personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...

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...

ever voted, by a tenth part of those who were bound to pay obedience to it " (Hume PG). One can take this notion a step further an...

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

style to be clear and unbiased. These were then categories by qualified psychologies into one of three groups, behavioural therapy...

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...