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Essays 151 - 180
contrast the modern day with ancient times. If he does have an argument, it might be that people are not so different throughout h...
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 ...
they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...
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...
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...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...
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,...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
In five pages Hume, Kant, Cicero, and Plato are discussing how when responding to political oppression violence can be morally jus...
In 5 pages this paper argues that the so-called Scottish Enlightenment was neither Scottish nor particularly enlightened with Ferg...
This is a 5 page critical review that criticizes the nation's system of juvenile justice and its many shortfalls, emphasizing the ...
This research report looks at Hume and Descartes and their ideas about reason. It is claimed that Hume minimized the use of reason...
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...
one philosopher might say that it is always wrong to kill other people, or one might may qualify that idea by saying that it is al...
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...
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...
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...
style to be clear and unbiased. These were then categories by qualified psychologies into one of three groups, behavioural therapy...
neighbors. Such things do happen. When life happens, it is often unique and has little reference to the past. Yet, in examining t...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
to Spain, stayed on in England in the vain hope of recovering her dowry from the skinflint Henry VII. She eventually married Arthu...
from a state of freedom to a willingness to submit to the states authority? This is the underlying question in the majority of hi...
while, the duplicity of each of these dichotomies becomes apparent. In fact the first direct comparison would be that of Gallimard...