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In five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...

personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...

Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...

considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...

In nine pages this research paper examines Hume's philosophical conclusions regarding moral judgments and the roles sentiment and ...

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 five pages this report contrasts and compares the conservative Bentham with the liberal Hume and then applies their concepts to...

Characteristic of humanitys constant quest for the concept of Gods existence and the problem of evil, the journey of understanding...

In seventeen pages this paper examines the philosophical concept of evil and then considers 'necessary evil' within the contexts o...

How evil evolved in Christian beliefs is the focus of this paper consisting of ten pages and how evil has changed in terms of soci...

Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....

would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...

In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...

In five pages Hume's views on morality are discussed in terms of their origins and arguments against limiting self serving actions...

able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatically programmed for response. The student might surmise that o...

In five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...

In nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...

In five pages both philosophical arguments regarding moral judgment are compared along with a consideration of why each would disa...

Human Understanding, by David Hume (2001), may be helpful. In his classic volume, Hume demonstrates that people know the causes...

in order to extract the location. While it may be distasteful and unconstitutional, it can also be argued as necessary. The tortur...

spite of the fact that China has attempted to address its number of people, there is no denying how this huge nation requires a si...

convergence. There are also other factors are work, increased costs of transportation and concerns regarding the damage of global ...

book by Scott Soames; he asks what 20th century analytic philosophy comes to, and reveals that "Soames thinks its two most importa...

In a paper consisting of eight pages the existence of God is predicated on philosophical as opposed to religious supporting argume...

In a paper consisting of twelve pages the presence of evil particularly in terms of the anti Semitism of 'The Pardoner's Tale' and...

A research paper addressing the portrayal of evil in Dante's Divine Comedy and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The author draws the c...

societys moral code is no less valid for it than another societys moral code is valid for that second society. The conclusion (C)...

the Summa that "St. Thomas, following Aristotle, gives a perfect description and a wonderfully keen analysis of the movements of m...

body but the are not only of the body ("Rene," 2005). The mind controls these things. Mind also cannot be "thought without it thin...

Hume was often at odds with other philosophers when it came to his personal perception of human nature and the ways of life....