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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...
even know such a field as graphic art existed until he was 27 years of age and up until he became involved in art he was a profess...
made consistent"; meaning that its hard to believe we can draw the wrong conclusions if we have true premises to begin with (Berke...
his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
One will of course possess an impression from the sight, and supposes that there is a causal relationship between the flames and t...
In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...
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 five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...
In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...
In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...
In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...
In eight pages Hume's counter philosophical arguments to causality are examined with supporting evidence offered by Immanuel Kant ...
In eight pages Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding serves as a springboard to a discussion regarding the Scottish philos...
In five pages material substance concepts are considered in this contrasting and comparison of three philosophical perspectives wi...
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 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 analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...
In seven pages this paper considers Hume's compatibilism philosophy and offers criticisms to examine how his position could be mod...
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 Hume's views on free will and determinism are examined within the context of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandi...
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,...
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 ...
they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...