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He asserted that evidence that God exists in a singular or plural context because it has become universally accepted as truth (135...

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 ...

In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...

of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...

In five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...

In five pages Hume's views on free will and determinism are examined within the context of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandi...

with whatever is remote and extraordinary; and running without control into the most distant parts of space and time in order to a...

of England (The American Revolution, 2007). Before the American Revolution he lived in America and was there when legal acts wer...

there, but the Kingdom of the Father is spread out on the earth and men do not see it." A short parable occurs early in Thomass ...

associates in Europe" he would refer "to blacks as lazy, slow, unable to reason, lacking in imagination and even spoke against the...

In ten pages Hume's life, works, and writings are considered including his Treatise of Human Nature, with an assessment of his inf...

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

In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...

his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...

the United States. The book begins around the time he was elected as President, which took place at the end of the 18th century. I...

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...

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 ...

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,...

One will of course possess an impression from the sight, and supposes that there is a causal relationship between the flames and t...

is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...

discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...

Goldings Lord of the Flies, for example, gives a view of civilised society which is by no means optimistic. He takes a group of ch...

would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...

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...

The religious environment of Spain during the 16th and 17th centuries, for instance, can be seen as a key factor in terms of the b...