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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...

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...

In five pages this paper examines David Hume's philosophy regarding knowledge and how it is based upon immediate perceptual experi...

In five pages this paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...

In five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...

day. There is no reason to speculate that it will not rise tomorrow. Hence, there is a quandary. There is logic that considers sci...

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...

neighbors. Such things do happen. When life happens, it is often unique and has little reference to the past. Yet, in examining t...

is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...

Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...

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 ...

Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...

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 six pages Scottish philosopher David Hume's skepticism concerning the existence of miracles is discussed which although interes...

In five pages this paper examines how David Hume's perspectives are addressed by Thomas Nagel in his arguments. Three sources are...

be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...

considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...

than just reasoning and experience anyway. Deductive and causal reasoning are two types but it is still not construed as adequate ...

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...

This is a 5 page critical review that criticizes the nation's system of juvenile justice and its many shortfalls, emphasizing the ...

In five pages Hume's views on free will and determinism are examined within the context of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandi...

with whatever is remote and extraordinary; and running without control into the most distant parts of space and time in order to a...

you, and by the cold reception which your pretended discoveries shall meet with, when communicated. Be a philosopher; but amidst ...

controversial writings on religion and morality (Hume, 2002). In fact, he continued to turn out essays and critical writings on ev...

ever voted, by a tenth part of those who were bound to pay obedience to it " (Hume PG). One can take this notion a step further an...

personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...