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Human Understanding, by David Hume (2001), may be helpful. In his classic volume, Hume demonstrates that people know the causes...
In ten pages Hume's life, works, and writings are considered including his Treatise of Human Nature, with an assessment of his inf...
the importance of direct experience in the formulation of knowledge, is at the core of Humes overarching skepticism, which makes a...
with whatever is remote and extraordinary; and running without control into the most distant parts of space and time in order to a...
In five pages Hume's views on free will and determinism are examined within the context of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandi...
you, and by the cold reception which your pretended discoveries shall meet with, when communicated. Be a philosopher; but amidst ...
In five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...
of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...
In five pages this paper examines David Hume's philosophy regarding knowledge and how it is based upon immediate perceptual experi...
In five pages this paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...
personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...
ever voted, by a tenth part of those who were bound to pay obedience to it " (Hume PG). One can take this notion a step further an...
controversial writings on religion and morality (Hume, 2002). In fact, he continued to turn out essays and critical writings on ev...
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 five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...
than just reasoning and experience anyway. Deductive and causal reasoning are two types but it is still not construed as adequate ...
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...
style to be clear and unbiased. These were then categories by qualified psychologies into one of three groups, behavioural therapy...
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 research paper considers An Essay Concerning Human Understanding in an analysis of Locke's representation of how...
In eight pages Hume's counter philosophical arguments to causality are examined with supporting evidence offered by Immanuel Kant ...
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...
In twelve pages this research paper examines the evolution of pluralism in a consideration of such philosophies as David Hume's em...
In eight pages this research paper considers philosophical perspectives regarding God's existence and includes David Hume's opposi...
In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...
In five pages David Hume's contention that there is no God is countered by an opposing argument. Two sources are cited in the bib...
In three pages this paper discusses David Hume's philosophical belief that causation laid the foundation for rational belief with ...
In five pages this paper examines how David Hume's perspectives are addressed by Thomas Nagel in his arguments. Three sources are...
thought and action are connected, bringing to mind the view of science and how it demonstrated the same evidence. Character...