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In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the perception theories of David Hume and John Locke and exposes flaws in the empi...

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

be beneficial in the long run. Do the ends justify the means? Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right or wrong, or what one...

In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...

there is continuity through time in terms of personal identity and her doubt about her own continuing identity is contradicted by...

While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...

top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...

that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...

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

going to equal seven. He states in his Mediations on First Philosophy: "SEVERAL years have now elapsed since I first became awar...

from a state of freedom to a willingness to submit to the states authority? This is the underlying question in the majority of hi...

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound ...

"experienced" internally in some manner, as well as externally via touch or logical use of the item in daily living. In thi...

supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...

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...

at least, Hume is positing that reason does not have a very important role to play in life, thus, reason, to Hume, would be defini...

Loftus report that visitors to Disneyland had come to the conclusion that they met Bugs Bunny, but the rabbit is actually a Warner...

is, there is both free will and determinism. The idea that free will and determinism are one in the same is rare, but it seems ...

This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...

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....

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...

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

this sentiment and states that it is good when each individual realizes their talents and abilities to their fullest. Speaking in ...

This essay responds to several issues concerning King David. What was the Davidic covenant. Since David sinned, why is he consider...

and ice creams sold in the summer, this looks at the trends rather than just the past performance. Regression analysis takes th...

man defines himself as moral, good, and soulful (Hick). God has defined a purpose for humanity that is essential to mans forma...

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...