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In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of David Hume and Thomas Aquinas regarding religion and ultimate...
a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...
In five pages this paper examines how David Hume's perspectives are addressed by Thomas Nagel in his arguments. Three sources are...
that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...
men for the society in which they develop. Youngs concepts of justice and mans role in society appear to challenge those prese...
In eight pages this research paper considers philosophical perspectives regarding God's existence and includes David Hume's opposi...
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...
of souls (Frost 104). It is possible that Plato was attempting to use popular belief to promote the teaching of more profound trut...
18). Harrison (2006) credits Aquinas as being the "major figure" in the reintroduction of Aristotelian concepts into Western cul...
from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...
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...
In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...
the considerations surrounding his concepts of the mind and he supports his contentions with direct demonstrations of the applicab...
or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...
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 ...
In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...
reason provides a means of discerning action that is "according to nature" (77). He also cites Augustine in stating that there are...
questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...
that the object of thought is capable of being. Hume understands that, quite simplistically, the soul is simply . . . the soul. ...
for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...
Aquinas goes on to explain Christs sacrifice through suffering in that it came out of Christs love and obedience for mankind. This...
A 5 page overview of the religious and supersticious perspectives that interlace this book. 2 sources....
In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...
In five pages this paper discusses the religious existence of man and the causal relationships theory as they pertain to the philo...
be beneficial in the long run. Do the ends justify the means? Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right or wrong, or what one...
of Christianity is "Thou Shalt Not Kill," and yet Christians have been killing each other, as well as non-Christians, for millenni...
tutelage of Peter of Ireland to study logic and natural sciences (Kennedy, 2006; McKerny, 2002). It was there that he first met me...
teaching, in which he pretended not to know the answers to questions, so that students would come to understanding on their own. ...
appears to vary according to just who is considering the question and around such particulars as whose life is being considered (T...
Hylemorphism's preference over materialism in philosophy is examined from the metaphysical perspectives of Thomas Aquinas and Aris...