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The writer argues that in Fahrenheit 451, the burning of the books symbolizes the end of civilization. The writer uses the perspec...
In seven pages this paper considers Hume's compatibilism philosophy and offers criticisms to examine how his position could be mod...
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...
It is here that the concept of utility arises. Hume asserts that qualities are valued either for their agreeableness, either to t...
In five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...
This paper written in a letter style consists of five pages and examines the contention that David Hum was an atheist and then con...
In five pages this paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...
for others, such as Bentham and Mill. One of the positions for which Hume is famous is that we cannot derive ought from is, in oth...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...
discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
made consistent"; meaning that its hard to believe we can draw the wrong conclusions if we have true premises to begin with (Berke...
In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...
only from a scientific standpoint but from a philosophical and political standpoint as well. British philosopher John Lock...
present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...
be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...
they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...
the immortality of the soul. The main points are as follows. First of all, Hume points out that the soul is said to be immaterial,...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
One will of course possess an impression from the sight, and supposes that there is a causal relationship between the flames and t...
God that is insufficiently explained by philosophy is referred to as "knowing" (Christian Gospel and Our Culture, 2004). "Knowing...
something greater than humans and that is God (Donati, 2002). He offers further proof through mathematical concepts, for instance,...
goodness and evil. They are the opposite ends of a pendulum. If God existed there would be no observable evil. Since we know there...
called the Son of God" (Aherne). In John 1:49, Nathaniel, at their first meeting, referred to Jesus as the Son of God (Aherne). Wh...
In four pages this paper discusses how God's existence is argued through epistemology with Thomas Aquinas' arguments providing evi...
In 5 pages this paper discusses how Wordsworth and Hopkins perceived nature as God-like and powerful in beauty with a consideratio...
In six pages the proof Descartes offered that God exists is considered but other relevant issues such as why he would have been mo...
This 8 page paper considers whether the Bible is fact or myth, and whether or not it provides an accurate account of real people a...