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Essays 241 - 270
In five pages this paper examines this novel within the context of humanity's virtue as it emerges from conflicts of freedom v. co...
in their fathers footsteps. Like Jesus, John began preaching at the age of 30 (Catholic Online, 2007). His location was the banks...
made consistent"; meaning that its hard to believe we can draw the wrong conclusions if we have true premises to begin with (Berke...
his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
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,...
In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...
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...
even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...
a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...
than just reasoning and experience anyway. Deductive and causal reasoning are two types but it is still not construed as adequate ...
In five pages John Milton's 'Lycidas,' 'Areopagitica,' and 'Of Education' are examined in a consideration of humanity and the ten...
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...
In seven pages this paper considers Hume's compatibilism philosophy and offers criticisms to examine how his position could be mod...
In eight pages Hume's counter philosophical arguments to causality are examined with supporting evidence offered by Immanuel Kant ...
In eight pages Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding serves as a springboard to a discussion regarding the Scottish philos...
In five pages Hume's views on morality are discussed in terms of their origins and arguments against limiting self serving actions...
In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...
men for the society in which they develop. Youngs concepts of justice and mans role in society appear to challenge those prese...
In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...
In six pages this paper denotes similarities and differences in the philosophies of Plato and Hume regarding God, morality, and hu...
In five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...
In five pages Hume's views on free will and determinism are examined within the context of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandi...
In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...
In five pages this paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...