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Essays 151 - 180
In six pages this paper denotes similarities and differences in the philosophies of Plato and Hume regarding God, morality, and hu...
men for the society in which they develop. Youngs concepts of justice and mans role in society appear to challenge those prese...
In five pages Hume's views on morality are discussed in terms of their origins and arguments against limiting self serving actions...
In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...
In seven pages this paper considers Hume's compatibilism philosophy and offers criticisms to examine how his position could be mod...
In five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...
In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...
In five pages this paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...
This paper written in a letter style consists of five pages and examines the contention that David Hum was an atheist and then con...
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 research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...
rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...
In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...
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...
even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...
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...
discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...
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...
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...
a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
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...
they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...
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...
the other; and, the law of contrast which is opposite the law of similarity where one thing or event may trigger or associate itse...