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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...

In eight pages this research paper considers philosophical perspectives regarding God's existence and includes David Hume's opposi...

In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of David Hume and Thomas Aquinas regarding religion and ultimate...

In six pages this paper discusses evil in the world in a consideration of philosophical perspectives offered in the Bible, Night b...

defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...

a philosopher, Philo a skeptic and Demea a theologian. Well see if this is correct and analyze one of the arguments. Cleanthes O...

In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...

In six pages this research paper argues that essence is not preceded by existence with supporting philosophical arguments from Dav...

points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...

In three pages this paper discusses David Hume's philosophical belief that causation laid the foundation for rational belief with ...

from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...

is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...

or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...

In five pages this paper examines how David Hume's perspectives are addressed by Thomas Nagel in his arguments. Three sources are...

In five pages David Hume's contention that there is no God is countered by an opposing argument. Two sources are cited in the bib...

with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...

be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...

of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...

In eight pages Hume's counter philosophical arguments to causality are examined with supporting evidence offered by Immanuel Kant ...

must pay for such without question. In Crito, we see Socrates pretending that the laws are coming to talk to him. They say to him...

In five pages this paper examines why wives grow tired of their husbands and leave them in an application of a philosophical argum...

In five pages this paper examines the 'Argument from Design' argument from both sides as considered by David Hume in Dialogues Con...

that the object of thought is capable of being. Hume understands that, quite simplistically, the soul is simply . . . the soul. ...

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...

story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound ...

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

there is continuity through time in terms of personal identity and her doubt about her own continuing identity is contradicted by...

and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...

While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...