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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 three pages this report discusses the utilitarian philosophy of David Hume in a consideration of the role of sympathy in 'Why U...
In five pages this paper examines how David Hume's perspectives are addressed by Thomas Nagel in his arguments. Three sources are...
of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...
you, and by the cold reception which your pretended discoveries shall meet with, when communicated. Be a philosopher; but amidst ...
In five pages both philosophical arguments regarding moral judgment are compared along with a consideration of why each would disa...
In nine pages this research paper examines Hume's philosophical conclusions regarding moral judgments and the roles sentiment and ...
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 nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...
In five pages this paper discusses the religious existence of man and the causal relationships theory as they pertain to the philo...
In eleven pages this report discusses how Hume's skeptical views shaped his perceptions regarding good taste and art with the writ...
It is here that the concept of utility arises. Hume asserts that qualities are valued either for their agreeableness, either to t...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
In six pages this paper discusses how Hume critiques man's knowledge regarding causal relationships which is based on the philosop...
guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
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...
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...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
Human Understanding, by David Hume (2001), may be helpful. In his classic volume, Hume demonstrates that people know the causes...
Hume was often at odds with other philosophers when it came to his personal perception of human nature and the ways of life....
his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...
made consistent"; meaning that its hard to believe we can draw the wrong conclusions if we have true premises to begin with (Berke...
day. There is no reason to speculate that it will not rise tomorrow. Hence, there is a quandary. There is logic that considers sci...
a philosopher, Philo a skeptic and Demea a theologian. Well see if this is correct and analyze one of the arguments. Cleanthes O...
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...
More specifically, Hume argued that cause is the idea that one event makes another event inevitable and/or necessary (The Philosop...