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In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...
In six pages this research paper argues that essence is not preceded by existence with supporting philosophical arguments from Dav...
In three pages philosophers Hume, Descartes, and Aristotle are applied to the concepts of man's nature, the existence of God, and ...
In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...
In five pages this paper discusses how doubt and reality is understood by philosopher Rene Descartes with his argument flaws also ...
Inquiry Concerning The Principles of Morals Hume appears to attack the rigorism model of moral judgment in that he believes that ...
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...
a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...
a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...
that the object of thought is capable of being. Hume understands that, quite simplistically, the soul is simply . . . the soul. ...
other words, lets say that someone came along and said that the sky was falling and that it was a miracle! Basically what Hume is...
explain why this is so. Descartes also questioned the ability of a dreamer to know whether or not he is dreaming. Many people do a...
Goldings Lord of the Flies, for example, gives a view of civilised society which is by no means optimistic. He takes a group of ch...
Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...
The revolutionary philosophy of Rene Descartes as it is presented within Meditations on First Philosophy is explained in an essay ...
and ice creams sold in the summer, this looks at the trends rather than just the past performance. Regression analysis takes th...
In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...
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...
expected to do this much work every day(Taylor, 1998). Secondly, he passionate pushed for qualified workers. In other words, put ...
which is at the "heart of this piece, cannot stand such a strong dose of reality" (Brode 98). There is artificiality in abundanc...
best or the worst and the critic could not decide which. Consider these two excerpts from the same critique, the first is in respo...
In five pages human perception and the theories connected with it are examined and then the perception theories of this trio of ph...
In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...
even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...
human senses can be mislead. This is seen when there are individuals close and far away, with the difference in size seen by the e...
some strategy that starts from other beliefs that we have. Inference, for example, is such a strategy. One might infer that it is ...
with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
In five pages Hume's views on free will and determinism are examined within the context of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandi...