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true of actions as well as other events, not in order to argue that determinism is compatible with actions being freely performed ...
that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...
going to equal seven. He states in his Mediations on First Philosophy: "SEVERAL years have now elapsed since I first became awar...
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...
this sentiment and states that it is good when each individual realizes their talents and abilities to their fullest. Speaking in ...
Loftus report that visitors to Disneyland had come to the conclusion that they met Bugs Bunny, but the rabbit is actually a Warner...
is, there is both free will and determinism. The idea that free will and determinism are one in the same is rare, but it seems ...
Hume was often at odds with other philosophers when it came to his personal perception of human nature and the ways of life....
"experienced" internally in some manner, as well as externally via touch or logical use of the item in daily living. In thi...
This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...
More specifically, Hume argued that cause is the idea that one event makes another event inevitable and/or necessary (The Philosop...
This essay responds to several issues concerning King David. What was the Davidic covenant. Since David sinned, why is he consider...
of color to drawing (2002). The economy of statement had been seen to be in line with keeping with the new severity of taste (20...
discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...
a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...
all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
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 ...
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...
present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...
they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...
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,...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
of this time was The Intervention of the Sabine Women (Olgas Gallery). And, interestingly enough, this was very political for it d...
obviously cannot be separated from the field of mathematics. How do the specific techniques and rigors of higher-order mathematic...
contrast the modern day with ancient times. If he does have an argument, it might be that people are not so different throughout h...