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It is here that the concept of utility arises. Hume asserts that qualities are valued either for their agreeableness, either to t...
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...
or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...
that the object of thought is capable of being. Hume understands that, quite simplistically, the soul is simply . . . the soul. ...
In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of David Hume and Thomas Aquinas regarding religion and ultimate...
the considerations surrounding his concepts of the mind and he supports his contentions with direct demonstrations of the applicab...
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 ...
He asserted that evidence that God exists in a singular or plural context because it has become universally accepted as truth (135...
controversial writings on religion and morality (Hume, 2002). In fact, he continued to turn out essays and critical writings on ev...
all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...
be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...
this is a ludicrous statement because if the sun did not rise, there would be no life as human beings need the sun in order for th...
long before the development of measurement and observation tools that could provide "proof" of his position. Scientifically...
they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...
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...
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...
a philosopher, Philo a skeptic and Demea a theologian. Well see if this is correct and analyze one of the arguments. Cleanthes O...
This paper considers the nature of miracles from the philosophical perspectives of David Hume in 5 pages. Four sources are cited ...
In five pages this paper examines David Hume's philosophy regarding knowledge and how it is based upon immediate perceptual experi...
In eleven pages this report discusses how Hume's skeptical views shaped his perceptions regarding good taste and art with the writ...
rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...
determines that moral decisions are established as a result of moral sentiment rather than understanding. In the first section o...