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Essays 121 - 150
long before the development of measurement and observation tools that could provide "proof" of his position. Scientifically...
deeper and ask just what the nature of these impressions are, and how they operate (PG). The impression may after all arise from...
is an idea that makes sense. Descartes went the other way, contending that it is the thought process that defines the human being ...
certain choices in life. They make communion and choose a new middle name. They go to school, and their degree is attached to that...
More specifically, Hume argued that cause is the idea that one event makes another event inevitable and/or necessary (The Philosop...
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,...
with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...
some strategy that starts from other beliefs that we have. Inference, for example, is such a strategy. One might infer that it is ...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...
style to be clear and unbiased. These were then categories by qualified psychologies into one of three groups, behavioural therapy...
In nine pages this research paper examines Hume's philosophical conclusions regarding moral judgments and the roles sentiment and ...
In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...
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...
a philosopher, Philo a skeptic and Demea a theologian. Well see if this is correct and analyze one of the arguments. Cleanthes O...
any attempt to model understanding of God on the basis of a study of humanity is simply untenable. What is the soul of man? A mixt...
one philosopher might say that it is always wrong to kill other people, or one might may qualify that idea by saying that it is al...
day. There is no reason to speculate that it will not rise tomorrow. Hence, there is a quandary. There is logic that considers sci...
may volunteer to go door to door to collect money for charity. Each makes use of leisure time. Yet, one might attach the actions o...
is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...
neighbors. Such things do happen. When life happens, it is often unique and has little reference to the past. Yet, in examining t...
Human Understanding, by David Hume (2001), may be helpful. In his classic volume, Hume demonstrates that people know the causes...
you, and by the cold reception which your pretended discoveries shall meet with, when communicated. Be a philosopher; but amidst ...
with whatever is remote and extraordinary; and running without control into the most distant parts of space and time in order to a...
of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...
In five pages this report assesses David Hume's attitudes regarding jusice and examines why he labels it as an artificial virtue b...
In 5 pages this paper argues that the so-called Scottish Enlightenment was neither Scottish nor particularly enlightened with Ferg...