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Cosmological Argument of David Hume

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

Objective and Formal Reality According To Descartes

capable of undergoing so many changes with regard to appearance, temperature, solidity and so on as to be rendered completely diff...

Overview of Synthetic A Priori Philosophical Judgments

of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...

Philosophical Concept Known as 'the Great Chain of Being'

of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...

Discussion of Extra Solar Planets

(Wilford, 1996). According to British astronomer Dr Alan Penny, this discovery is much more significant than many people realize:...

Rene Descartes and the Cartesian Circle

In five pages this paper examines skepticism, cogito, the truth rule, and the circular argument about God's existence within the c...

God Question As Approached by Howard Thurman

In five pages this paper examines how African American author Howard Thurman deals with questions regarding God's nature and exist...

Factors That Shape Arabian Democracy

In seventeen pages the Arab world's political landscape is examined in terms of long time democratic existence with advantages and...

'Reasonable' Belief in God?

In seven pages this paper examines whether or not the human belief in God's existence is reasonable. Eight sources are cited in t...

Wondering About the World in Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes

In five pages the sense of wonder Descartes conjures in his Third Meditation regarding the existence of God is examined. There ar...

Reality and Western Social Theory

In six pages this paper discusses how Western social theory can assist in the understanding of reality and existence. Ten sources...

Science and Religion Clash in the Paintings of Salvador Dali

In five pages this paper discusses how Dali struggled with his interests in science and spiritualism as reflected in his surrealis...

Components of the Philosophy of David Hume

In five pages this paper discusses the religious existence of man and the causal relationships theory as they pertain to the philo...

Thomas Aquinas' Arguments and the Lack of Proof

In five pages this paper examines Aquinas' 5 arguments on God's existence and exposes the errors in his 2nd argument. Three sourc...

Third Meditation of Rene Descartes

image, a form, or a judgement, and concludes that an image or what individuals perceive as form can never be false. However, erro...

God According to Jean Paul Sartre, Immanuel Kant, and Rene Descartes

In six pages this research paper and essay considers how God's existence or lack thereof was argued by these three philosophers. ...

Images, Ideas, and Belief According to Rene Descartes

his previous beliefs had rested, since he intends to analyse philosophically whether these beliefs are in fact valid, and if they ...

How to Prove That Love Exists

In five pages this paper tries to prove love exists by using Thomas Aquinas' 5 proofs of God's existence. One source is cited in ...

South Africa, Brazil, the U.S., and Slavery

questions loom large. In the United States for examples, things have changed immensely since the days of slavery. At the same time...

Modern Youth and a Violent Subculture

In six pages this paper examines crime subculture and the 3 premises of its existence with the emphasis being upon youth violence....

Evidence in P. Winter's Paranormal Phenomena

In ten pages this paper discusses the essays featured in this text constructed in such a way that readers must make their own deci...

Societal Significance of the Mummies of Egypt

afford the price of mummification, even the poorest were not neglected for their afterlife as excavations have shown that some foo...

Morality and Ethics

consider the fact that when one stretches his ethical judgment and attempts to justify an immoral act, it can be argued that there...

Differing Opinions of Aristotle and Plato

In eight pages this paper examines how the views of Aristotle and Plato on God's existence, poetics, and forms concepts differed. ...

Contemporary Religion and Plato

In six pages this paper compares contemporary religious views with Plato's philosophical concepts with God's existence, morality, ...

Aristotle's Original Theories

coined until Aristotle contributed to it, the concepts were there in the past. Thus, in such concerns, one might say that Aristotl...

Comparison of Spinoza and Hume

was that pleasure was immediate gratification but the greater good would be realized by a life lived based on principles as the go...

Mutual Aid A Factor of Evolution by Piotr Alekseyevich Kropotkin

In eight pages this report discusses the author's theories as represented in this text and how it serves to rebut 'The Struggle fo...

Moral Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

to consider the fact that when one stretches his ethical judgment and attempts to justify an immoral act, it can be argued that th...

'Form of the Good' by Plato and the Taoism of Lao Tzu

of just what human nature represents in relation to mans actions. It has long been postulated that human nature is bound by defen...