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Rene Descartes, who formulated the innovative idea that sensory information is not a reliable foundation on which to base knowledg...

the idea that indeed, there is something that is true and real. Whether or not individual human beings know what that is, is besid...

if we look at where the aid is going is currently giving the greatest poverty relief to the South East Asian area and the least to...

glorification of the nude that sculptors were destined to follow for many years (Burns 411). A local cultural touch is provided b...

from a state of freedom to a willingness to submit to the states authority? This is the underlying question in the majority of hi...

giant metal man falling into the sea. Hogarth is the only one that believes him and rushes away to search in likely places for the...

suicide ideation is often aligned with a lack of clear thinking. Thus, suicide should not be prohibited or encouraged, but rather ...

education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...

The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...

In five pages a case study involving whether or not to have a baby or have an abortion is examined in an application of the theori...

and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...

at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...

of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...

or observation. For example we can only argue that the mans eyes are blue by looking at his eyes. Here we have a statement that ne...

the other; and, the law of contrast which is opposite the law of similarity where one thing or event may trigger or associate itse...

the chance to break free from such constraints. The global society was ready for a tremendous change in direction following the t...

experience, will readily be admitted with regard to such objects, as we remember to have once been altogether unknown to us..." (A...

wet because a toddler had an "accident" or there is blood everywhere because someone was murdered. Clearly, the bed might have bee...

classic volume, the philosopher demonstrates that people know the causes of events but that this knowledge is really perhaps based...

if cats and dogs and other animals are pets and viewed as members of the family, how can people experiment on them and then put th...

awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...

experiential knowledge is correct? David Humes ideas about knowledge are very powerful. He held that people acquire beliefs about ...

one could say that what if one collects a number of red apples, but they are all different kinds. There are Macintosh, red Delicio...

do believe that knowledge comes from testing, such as in science, and has little to do with experience. This is because experience...

theories abound, and this idea actually seemingly did spark speculation about other black leaders deaths, it seems that at the ver...

This research report looks at the ideas of these two philosophers through written works. Other works are explored such as those by...

In five pages Hume, Kant, Cicero, and Plato are discussing how when responding to political oppression violence can be morally jus...

if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...

In ten pages free will and God are analyzed in this philosophical essay with a critical examination of theories by Hume, Kierkegaa...

In nine pages this paper presents the 'First Cause' concept and analytically proves it to be invalid with references made to the t...