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questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...
some strategy that starts from other beliefs that we have. Inference, for example, is such a strategy. One might infer that it is ...
have been the fact that the individual has MS or CP or some other disease. Another reason might have been that they simply were no...
is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...
He asserted that evidence that God exists in a singular or plural context because it has become universally accepted as truth (135...
determines that moral decisions are established as a result of moral sentiment rather than understanding. In the first section o...
rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...
discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...
and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...
true of actions as well as other events, not in order to argue that determinism is compatible with actions being freely performed ...
long before the development of measurement and observation tools that could provide "proof" of his position. Scientifically...
they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...
be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...
sure it exists". Background Since the division of Palestine in 1947 and the creation of the new state of Israel in 1948 whi...
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...
all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...
In eleven pages this report discusses how Hume's skeptical views shaped his perceptions regarding good taste and art with the writ...
It is here that the concept of utility arises. Hume asserts that qualities are valued either for their agreeableness, either to t...
nature and follow it. It will not be discovered in a rational, intellectualized society. Hume The foundation of Humes think...
In nine pages this research paper examines Hume's philosophical conclusions regarding moral judgments and the roles sentiment and ...
This paper considers the nature of miracles from the philosophical perspectives of David Hume in 5 pages. Four sources are cited ...
In five pages this paper evaluates whether or not there was a Fall in the biblical interpretation presented by John Milton in his ...
In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...
In six pages this paper discusses how Hume critiques man's knowledge regarding causal relationships which is based on the philosop...
In nine pages this research paper considers the classical and Keynesian schools of thought in terms of their economic influence an...
In five pages both philosophical arguments regarding moral judgment are compared along with a consideration of why each would disa...
In nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...
guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...
considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...