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In 5 pages this paper argues that the so-called Scottish Enlightenment was neither Scottish nor particularly enlightened with Ferg...

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

In five pages this report assesses David Hume's attitudes regarding jusice and examines why he labels it as an artificial virtue b...

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

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

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

of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...

In five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...

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 ...

the importance of direct experience in the formulation of knowledge, is at the core of Humes overarching skepticism, which makes a...

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

to change moral systems developed before him with complicity in an illegitimate process of reasoning" (p.6). Essentially, he is as...

may volunteer to go door to door to collect money for charity. Each makes use of leisure time. Yet, one might attach the actions 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...

a philosopher, Philo a skeptic and Demea a theologian. Well see if this is correct and analyze one of the arguments. Cleanthes O...

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...

with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...

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

some strategy that starts from other beliefs that we have. Inference, for example, is such a strategy. One might infer that it is ...

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,...

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

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

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...

In ten pages Hume's life, works, and writings are considered including his Treatise of Human Nature, with an assessment of his inf...

ideas and moods. Also, the desire for immortality may be attached to the brain. This idea paints the human being as nothing more t...

that the condition for being in a mental state should be given by the function of that state and also, this is meant to be in term...

In four pages this paper discusses how Russell reacted to the 'dream demon' notion of Descartes, contrasting his perspective that ...