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Essays 61 - 90
a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...
speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...
this is a ludicrous statement because if the sun did not rise, there would be no life as human beings need the sun in order for th...
ever voted, by a tenth part of those who were bound to pay obedience to it " (Hume PG). One can take this notion a step further an...
of color to drawing (2002). The economy of statement had been seen to be in line with keeping with the new severity of taste (20...
able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatically programmed for response. The student might surmise that o...
be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...
In five pages this report compares Hume and Berkeley in terms of their philosophies' differences and similarities particularly as ...
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...
In five pages this paper considers these two philosophers' views regarding empiricism and the origin of reason in a comparative ex...
that the repetition of events in no way created "cause" and that there is not existing interdependence on actions that could be de...
In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...
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...
In five pages this paper discusses how doubt and reality is understood by philosopher Rene Descartes with his argument flaws also ...
nature and follow it. It will not be discovered in a rational, intellectualized society. Hume The foundation of Humes think...
In five pages this paper considers the philosophical views of David Hume and Socrates regarding Ralph Waldo Emerson's observation ...
In six pages this paper discusses evil in the world in a consideration of philosophical perspectives offered in the Bible, Night b...
In ten pages this paper considers these literary and philosophical movements in a discussion of such works as She Stoops to Conque...
In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...
In six pages human nature is the focus in an overview that contrasts Descartes' philosophy with that of George Berkeley's with cri...
In five pages this report examines the assertion that there is a separation of the body and soul and that each event is attributed...
and change. He did not perceive the world as having changed greatly, but instead perceived the same world in a much different lig...
In five pages this paper examines the 'Argument from Design' argument from both sides as considered by David Hume in Dialogues Con...
In four pages this report examines subjective and objective morality from the perspective of David Hume. Two sources are cited in...
In five pages this essay discusses David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Aristotle by contrasting and comparing their philosophies regard...
This paper examines the concepts of empiricism and common sense from the perspectives of George Berkeley and David Hume in five pa...
from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...
Hume was often at odds with other philosophers when it came to his personal perception of human nature and the ways of life....
there is continuity through time in terms of personal identity and her doubt about her own continuing identity is contradicted by...