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contends that Humes definition of "cause" (using reason to infer existence), as "a bastard of the imagination, impregnated by expe...

This paper consists of 12 pages and concerns asking famous philosophers such as George Berkeley, Rene Descartes, John Wisdom, Davi...

In six pages this paper discusses causation and knowledge in a consideration of the differences between the philosophies of David ...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the perception theories of David Hume and John Locke and exposes flaws in the empi...

top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

assented to three kinds of knowledge: intuitive, demonstrative, and sensitive and all are based upon the concept of "ideas" (Kenyo...

a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...

story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound ...

that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...

going to equal seven. He states in his Mediations on First Philosophy: "SEVERAL years have now elapsed since I first became awar...

event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...

While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

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

individual can choose who he or she is to be and how they will act. That freedom is simply and fundamentally implicit in being a h...

a serious subject for examination. Unjust Laws Exist Thoreau had chosen to life that was in some respects that of a recluse an...

The phenomenon of absentee parents has increased in relevance in the 21st century. This analysis is a comparison and contrast of L...

In five pages this paper attempts to derive modernity's meaning in an examination of All That is Solid Gold Melts into the Air by ...

In 1776 Adam Smith defined capitalism in The Wealth of Nations. His theory became the theoretical basis of the United States econ...

if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...

This essay responds to several issues concerning King David. What was the Davidic covenant. Since David sinned, why is he consider...

This essay/research paper presents a short biography of David and then offers analysis of two works, which are "The Oath of the Ho...

the United States. Its ugly record of brutality is widely known. Negroes have experienced grossly unjust treatment in the courts...

that this will impact on behavior. As seen in the Mayos Hawthorne studies, where employees had a good employment relationship with...

and ice creams sold in the summer, this looks at the trends rather than just the past performance. Regression analysis takes th...

contrast the modern day with ancient times. If he does have an argument, it might be that people are not so different throughout h...

there are also some commonalities in the way that the law has been developed and the way it is implemented. In each case the evo...

as this deal with damage to property during public disorder where property is damaged, but this time it may be purposefully, but i...

In five pages this report contrasts and compares the conservative Bentham with the liberal Hume and then applies their concepts to...