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Essays 151 - 180
rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...
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...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...
discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...
made consistent"; meaning that its hard to believe we can draw the wrong conclusions if we have true premises to begin with (Berke...
In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...
One will of course possess an impression from the sight, and supposes that there is a causal relationship between the flames and t...
his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
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,...
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 certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...
than just reasoning and experience anyway. Deductive and causal reasoning are two types but it is still not construed as adequate ...
long before the development of measurement and observation tools that could provide "proof" of his position. Scientifically...
only from a scientific standpoint but from a philosophical and political standpoint as well. British philosopher John Lock...
present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...
In five pages this report contrasts and compares the conservative Bentham with the liberal Hume and then applies their concepts to...
In ten pages Hume's life, works, and writings are considered including his Treatise of Human Nature, with an assessment of his inf...
that their numbers (like those of "our own natives") are dwindling. As this suggests, Ball is not unsympathetic toward the natives...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
neighbors. Such things do happen. When life happens, it is often unique and has little reference to the past. Yet, in examining t...
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...
it is also the case that in general terms, people seem to believe what they see. They do not see atoms and they do see a solid mas...
favor "cooperation, discussion, a focus tied to people, hands-on activities, and whole-to-part learning," while white students are...
the importance of direct experience in the formulation of knowledge, is at the core of Humes overarching skepticism, which makes a...