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was that pleasure was immediate gratification but the greater good would be realized by a life lived based on principles as the go...
or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...
the considerations surrounding his concepts of the mind and he supports his contentions with direct demonstrations of the applicab...
In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...
In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...
In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...
In seven pages this chapter is discussed in terms of how the author portrayed the philosophical influences of such theorists as Hu...
and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...
Human Understanding, by David Hume (2001), may be helpful. In his classic volume, Hume demonstrates that people know the causes...
and escalate directly to the top to absolute knowledge. Step one in his groundbreaking compilation of scientifically conscious th...
able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatically programmed for response. The student might surmise that o...
In a paper that consists of five pages Spinoza's one substance concept of God is examined in terms of his philosophies. There are...
God is the world and the universe and it is just there. At the same time, he may be seen as both the cause of, and the universe, i...
enjoyment of what is good, not in the pride that he alone is enjoying it, to the exclusion of others. He who thinks himself more ...
having been created by a supreme and ethereal being, whose own creation is inherent to that of all He created. Based upon his def...
other words, lets say that someone came along and said that the sky was falling and that it was a miracle! Basically what Hume is...
that the object of thought is capable of being. Hume understands that, quite simplistically, the soul is simply . . . the soul. ...
In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of David Hume and Thomas Aquinas regarding religion and ultimate...
defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...
In five pages this report compares Hume and Berkeley in terms of their philosophies' differences and similarities particularly as ...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
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,...
some strategy that starts from other beliefs that we have. Inference, for example, is such a strategy. One might infer that it is ...
than just reasoning and experience anyway. Deductive and causal reasoning are two types but it is still not construed as adequate ...
considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...