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In three pages this paper discusses David Hume's philosophical belief that causation laid the foundation for rational belief with ...

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...

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

thought and action are connected, bringing to mind the view of science and how it demonstrated the same evidence. Character...

In a report consisting of eight pages abortion is examined within the context of David Hume's utilitarian philosophy and Aristotle...

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

questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...

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

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...

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

This 8 page paper responds to the question of whether a utilitarian approach to moral reasoning is adequate. The writer first desc...

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

be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...

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

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

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...

the consequences. Gender role was also explored. Gender role refers to the degree of femininity men have and the degree of masculi...

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...

for others, such as Bentham and Mill. One of the positions for which Hume is famous is that we cannot derive ought from is, in oth...

In eleven pages this report discusses how Hume's skeptical views shaped his perceptions regarding good taste and art with the writ...

It is here that the concept of utility arises. Hume asserts that qualities are valued either for their agreeableness, either to t...

rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...

He asserted that evidence that God exists in a singular or plural context because it has become universally accepted as truth (135...

discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...

and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...

that one already has some sense of who they are. Therefore, using ones senses cannot be used to initially gain an idea of humanity...

true of actions as well as other events, not in order to argue that determinism is compatible with actions being freely performed ...

they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...