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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 ...
they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...
and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...
producers and directors have found that they have a truly unique power to significantly influence the attitudes and emotions of th...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
In six pages this paper discusses how Hume critiques man's knowledge regarding causal relationships which is based on the philosop...
In five pages this paper discusses the religious existence of man and the causal relationships theory as they pertain to the philo...
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...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
In three pages this report discusses the utilitarian philosophy of David Hume in a consideration of the role of sympathy in 'Why U...
of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...
In nine pages this research paper examines Hume's philosophical conclusions regarding moral judgments and the roles sentiment and ...
In eight pages Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding serves as a springboard to a discussion regarding the Scottish philos...
In five pages Hume's views on morality are discussed in terms of their origins and arguments against limiting self serving actions...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
In five pages both philosophical arguments regarding moral judgment are compared along with a consideration of why each would disa...
Human Understanding, by David Hume (2001), may be helpful. In his classic volume, Hume demonstrates that people know the causes...
In nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...
you, and by the cold reception which your pretended discoveries shall meet with, when communicated. Be a philosopher; but amidst ...
In five pages this paper examines how David Hume's perspectives are addressed by Thomas Nagel in his arguments. Three sources are...
other words, lets say that someone came along and said that the sky was falling and that it was a miracle! Basically what Hume is...
considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...
guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...
Relationship to the body Identity, whether we recognize it or not, starts with the physical body. Biblical writers often used th...
the basis of obvious characteristics such as race. Interaction with other groups is not even a prerequisite for such categorizati...
a persons soul retain identity after the body is gone? In other words, even if the soul survived but none of that element which wa...
Loftus report that visitors to Disneyland had come to the conclusion that they met Bugs Bunny, but the rabbit is actually a Warner...