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Essays 151 - 180
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...
than just reasoning and experience anyway. Deductive and causal reasoning are two types but it is still not construed as adequate ...
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...
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,...
personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...
even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
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...
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...
In six pages this paper denotes similarities and differences in the philosophies of Plato and Hume regarding God, morality, and hu...
In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...
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 twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...
men for the society in which they develop. Youngs concepts of justice and mans role in society appear to challenge those prese...
One will of course possess an impression from the sight, and supposes that there is a causal relationship between the flames and t...
In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...
In seven pages this paper considers Hume's compatibilism philosophy and offers criticisms to examine how his position could be mod...
of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...
In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...
his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...
made consistent"; meaning that its hard to believe we can draw the wrong conclusions if we have true premises to begin with (Berke...
This essay responds to several issues concerning King David. What was the Davidic covenant. Since David sinned, why is he consider...
if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...
of color to drawing (2002). The economy of statement had been seen to be in line with keeping with the new severity of taste (20...