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Identity in the Novel as a Philosophical Exploration

there is continuity through time in terms of personal identity and her doubt about her own continuing identity is contradicted by...

Contingent A Priori Truths

or observation. For example we can only argue that the mans eyes are blue by looking at his eyes. Here we have a statement that ne...

Film The Matrix and the Philosophies of Rene Descartes and Jean Paul Sartre

the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...

Proust and Descartes Regarding Identity

This research report looks at the ideas of these two philosophers through written works. Other works are explored such as those by...

Comparison of Spinoza and Hume

was that pleasure was immediate gratification but the greater good would be realized by a life lived based on principles as the go...

Bertrand Russell's View of Knowledge

experiential knowledge is correct? David Humes ideas about knowledge are very powerful. He held that people acquire beliefs about ...

Locke and Hume on Knowledge

do believe that knowledge comes from testing, such as in science, and has little to do with experience. This is because experience...

Ideas about Peace and War

theories abound, and this idea actually seemingly did spark speculation about other black leaders deaths, it seems that at the ver...

Place Of Religious Experience In Lawrence Kohlberg's Ideas Of Human Development

social order that refuses to acknowledge the elements of good and bad. Correspondingly, Fontana (2003) points out how the good "a...

Examining Suicide from a Fresh Perspective

suicide ideation is often aligned with a lack of clear thinking. Thus, suicide should not be prohibited or encouraged, but rather ...

Hume and Descartes Compared

at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...

John's Messianic Ideas

John was familiar with Jewish ideas regarding the Messiah. He incorporated those ideas into his Gospel. He gently brings about the...

God's Existence and the Perspectives of David Hume, William Paley, Rene Descartes, and Augustine of Hippo

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...

The Central Ideas of David Hume

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...

20th Century Educational Inequality

excel in society. Our schools are not meeting these goals. Part of the reason is an almost myopic concentration on equality in f...

Riordan Manufacturing and Active Directory Implementation

may be that it was responsible for the implementation and character of LDAP" (Chacon, 1999; p. 46). Microsoft Active Directory ...

Quality Initiatives of Rosenbluth Travel Agency

IT systems meant that Rosenbluth enjoyed huge expertise in the industry -- and could develop systems on request that could be tail...

The Russian Revolution Historical Milestone

centuries. It was an autocracy with Tsar Nicholas II of the Romanov dynasty in command. However, Nicholass reign was beset by in...

Should The United States Legalize Medical Marijuana Use?

of such states as Montana (Anonymous, 2005), Rhode Island (Roman, 2006) as well as Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Ne...

Continuing Problem of Shortages of Nurses

divert status at least three times a week for the last year, with the exception of the only level one trauma center in Nevada, whi...

Velocity and an Object's Displacement of Position and Traveled Distance

In order to understand the differential between these two elements, it is also necessary to recognize the difference between scala...

Is the Concept of Intellectual Property Good or Bad?

granted by the monarch in a letter, these Letters Patent were a proclamation made by the crown that the bearer would have authorit...

URBAN OUTFITTERS - MARKETING A BUSINESS

This is not to suggest that families cant be trendy or countercultural. But the problem with anything trendy or countercultural is...

Logistics and More

As globalization continues to increase, global supply chains become more complex. Executives are faced with many challenges. This ...

Life and Works of Scottish Philosopher David Hume

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

Simon Starling, One Ton II/An Art Report

series refer to the fact that it took a ton of platinum ore, involving considerable human effort and the resulting blight on the l...

Hume's Skepticism - An Overview

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

Compatibilism and David Hume

In seven pages this paper considers Hume's compatibilism philosophy and offers criticisms to examine how his position could be mod...

Moral Judgment, Sentiment, and Reason According to David Hume

In nine pages this research paper examines Hume's philosophical conclusions regarding moral judgments and the roles sentiment and ...

Attack on Personal Identity by David Hume and Karl Popper's Response

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...