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Essays 541 - 570

Philosophers Compared

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

Man's Soul and God Contemplated in Philosophy Essays

In three pages philosophers Hume, Descartes, and Aristotle are applied to the concepts of man's nature, the existence of God, and ...

Eternal Happiness and God

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

God's Existence 'First Cause' Argument Invalidation

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

Philosophy Defined

In ten pages this paper examines what philosophy represents as considered in Philosophy The Quest For Truth by Louis R. Pojman a...

Knowledge and the Views of the Empiricists and the Rationalists

In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...

Philosophical Concepts

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

History, Human Nature, and Psychology

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 Extent to Which Assumptions are Used in the Decision Making Process

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

Themes/Anne Bradstreet

A 4 page essay that analyzes 4 poems by Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672), Puritan poet and writer, as well as a devoted wife and loving...

Ideas about Peace and War

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

A Philosophical Look at Animal Testing

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...

What Does Empiricism Teach About The Relationship Between Appearance And Reality?

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

An Analysis of the Ideas of Hume and Ayer

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

Bertrand Russell's View of Knowledge

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

The Problem with Trope Theory

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

Locke and Hume on Knowledge

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

Riggs et al v Palmer

of the defendant; Elmer Palmer, was that the will was made in the correct form and complied with the letter of the law. As such, i...

Truman Proclamation/Continental Shelf

over activities off its shores," which pertain to the utilization of these resources (Truman). Having laid out the rationale for...

Food and Society: Eating Healthfully

things to the effect that a mothers soup is made with "love" and things of that nature. There is a process that goes into preparin...

Critique of Dworkin's Striking Down of Legislation

key to the way that Dworkin is criticising it. To look at this we need to put the ideas of Dworkin into a broader context. Some, ...

Aristotle/De Anima

possibly think?" (I.3). As this indicates, Aristotles perspective is grounded in observation and reality. He sees the mind as intr...

Greenhouse Effect

(1768-1830), of a "huge glass bell jar, made out of clouds and gases," which holds the "Earths heat close to the surface" (Lang). ...

Alternative Automobiles

electricity for power, but because it uses gas as well, it is able to make the long trips (Wouk, Retseck & Johnson, 1997). Of cour...

HUMMING BIRD ALL NATURAL DRINKS: STRATEGIC OVERVIEW

covers strategic positioning and environmental analysis for the fictitious product, Humming Bird All Natural Drinks. There are 6 s...

William Wordsworth’s Natural Imagery

to release the burthen of my own unnatural self and the wearying city days such as were not made for me" (Driver 48). The first li...

Article Critique/Moral Leadership

the schools life-world will draw out "the unique potential inherent with each individual" (Quick and Normore, 2004, p. 336). The a...

Cause and Effect Used to Justify More Helicopter Services to a Pacific Island Prone to Natural Disasters

days, whereas for a flood or tsunami their may not be a warning at all. The immediate effects of a disaster can be mixed. If there...

Synthetic Fertilizers: An Alternative

spread between many. The salt water of the oceans, for example, interlace with the fresh waters which flow from the rivers to fo...

Kate Chopin/The Storm

A neighbor, Alcee Laballiere, rides up to her home. He asks if he can wait on her porch till the storm abates, but the storm is so...