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Principle of Radical Empiricism and David Hume

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

The Hurried Child by David Elkind

In five pages the loss of childhood and its related concepts are considered iwthin the context of the book. There are no other so...

Civil Disobedience, Martin Luther King, and Henry David Thoreau

gets. If anything Thoreau gives us an emotional warning, He who gives himself entirely to his fellow men appears to them useles...

Truth in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly

In 5 pages this paper examines how perceptions of truth are shaped through illusion in these two plays. There are 3 sources cited...

The Fly Film by David Cronenberg

In eight pages this 1986 film is examined in terms of the horror genre and how it has always warned against the social changes res...

Right and Wrong According to Philosophers W. David Ross and Thomas Hobbes

In five pages this essay considers right and wrong from Hobbes' 17th century perspectives and Ross's 20th century vantage point. ...

Free Will, Determinism, and David Hume

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

Civil Disobedience from the Perspectives of Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King Jr.

as Thoreau gets. If anything Thoreau gives us a warning about excessive public involvement: He who gives himself entirely to hi...

Communities of Violence by David Nirenberg

the Shepherds Crusade, as Nirenberg posits that this was, indeed, the case, that is, that the poor people who enacted the violence...

'What is Postmodern Illness?' by David Morris

time, cats were associated with Satanism. One medieval pope actually issued a decree that all the cats in Christendom should be ki...

John Locke and David Hume's Views on Free Will

Human Understanding, by David Hume (2001), may be helpful. In his classic volume, Hume demonstrates that people know the causes...

Rationalism and the Concepts of Rene Descartes and David Hume

In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...

Evaluating David Benetar's Article on Existence

In five pages an article in which Benetar claims it is better not to be born along with an offered opposing position is examined. ...

King of the World by David Remnick

knew who he was. He relied on the fact that people loved and adored him. For the most part we, as readers and people with knowledg...

The Working Poor Invisible in America by David Shipler

hes already delivered powerful works on the Middle East (Arab and Jew) and race (A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in Amer...

Slavery According to Henry David Thoreau

2002, p. 125). As this suggests, philosophically, Thoreau carried little for the present and his aspiration was for his writing ...

Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer

In five pages this historical text is summarized and analyzed with the roles of British General Thomas Gage and Paul Revere discus...

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

the money that Kabuos father had already paid and sold the land to a third party. Nevertheless, Kabuo still wanted to purchase the...

David Hawkins and Associates' Social Development Model

In three pages this model of social development is examined in terms of its basic principles. Two sources are cited in the biblio...

Cesar Chavez, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Henry David Thoreau on Nonviolence

perhaps argue that Thoreau was not a great supporter of government rule, and that anarchy was perhaps the most desirable goal, ass...

Reality Perspectives of George Berkeley and David Hume

made consistent"; meaning that its hard to believe we can draw the wrong conclusions if we have true premises to begin with (Berke...

How Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau Define 'Self Reliance'

emphasized the importance of self reliance. Both Emerson and Thoreau are remembered for their philosophies that encapsulate...

David Brooks's Bobos in Paradise

In three pages the reader's reaction to Brooks' book after reading Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich is considered. Three so...

Religions of Mesoamerica by David Carrasco

sun traveled at night" (Carrasco 35). The game was viewed as a representation of a cosmic struggle in which the players competed t...

Section IX of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...

David Hackett Fischer's Paul Revere's Ride

battles of Lexington and Concord: the famous midnight ride is therefore presented in the wider context of the American struggle ag...

Second Chapter of Walden by Henry David Thoreau

define what is not essential in our lives we can more accurately see what is important. For example, if we can get to a place wher...

The Eternal City by Peter Blume and Echo of a Scream by David Alfaro Siqueiros

those external standards that are often the most telling in terms of the underlying historical perspective offered within the art....

'On the Immortality of the Soul' by David Hume

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,...

Thomas Nagel, Peter Unger, and David Hume on Skepticism

present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...