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Web Hoaxes and Paul Piper's Article 'Better Read That Again'

actually believe it. As the example of the Enquirer indicates, the Internet does not have a monopoly on misinformation or hoaxes...

Inductive and Metaphysical Skepticism and Meeting Their Challenges

and balances helps to equalize what man truly knows and that which he thinks he knows - the very foundation for identifying weakne...

3 Factors Responsible for the Success of the Civil Rights Movement

was able to peacefully initiate change on a massive scale. As a leader, he was able to organize, and thus had the ability to unit...

Skepticism and the Existence of God

is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...

Desirable Healthcare and Markets

In a paper consisting of five pages there is skepticism in terms of whether legitimate advancement possibilities actually exist wi...

Rene Descartes and the Cartesian Circle

In five pages this paper examines skepticism, cogito, the truth rule, and the circular argument about God's existence within the c...

Miracles and David Hume

In six pages Scottish philosopher David Hume's skepticism concerning the existence of miracles is discussed which although interes...

Poetic Skepticism

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how social and religious skepticism is poetically portrayed by Robert Browning in ...

Tolerance or Skepticism in On Liberty by J.S. Mill

In five pages this report examines John Stuart Mill's assertion 'Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness...

Skepticism of David Hume Answered by Immanuel Kant

Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...

Skepticism and Descartes' Cogito

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...

Testimonial Knowledge and Robert Audi

some strategy that starts from other beliefs that we have. Inference, for example, is such a strategy. One might infer that it is ...

David Hume's 'Miraculous' Philosophy

Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...

GATT

In nine pages the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade is examined in this overview that discusses government skepticism and futu...

Past Basis for the Future According to David Hume

long before the development of measurement and observation tools that could provide "proof" of his position. Scientifically...

Reformation Concepts of Skepticism and Faith

ways. The year that Luther proclaimed his differing religious beliefs, the year of 1517, was the year in which Magellan and his f...

God's Existence Cosmological Argument

be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...

Meditations by Descartes, Skepticism and Science

The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...

Martin Luther King Jr. and Rene Descartes on Skepticism

He didnt believe that going to church necessarily related to a relationship with God. He felt that church almost got in the way o...

Radical Skepticism in Relation to Contextualism

this end, it is important for the student to realize that this entire controversy implies how thoughts and ideas are tantamount to...

Descartes' Meditations: The Certainty of Truth

the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...

Hume's Skepticism - An Overview

the importance of direct experience in the formulation of knowledge, is at the core of Humes overarching skepticism, which makes a...

'Argument Against Skepticism' by John Hospers

to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...

Opinions and Skepticism Surrounding the So Called Greenhouse Effect

In this five page paper the writer presents the skeptics view of the so called greenhouse effect and the supposed depletion of the...

Evolutionary Biology and Skepticism

In five pages this paper discusses the problems with trying to classify or categorize evolutionary biology in a consideration of h...

Stanley Cavell and the Truth of Skepticism by Fergus Kerr

natures regiment. As such, familiarity does not lend itself to unaccountability or being troublesome to understand. Why, then, w...

Peirce and Hume on Skepticism

director of our own narrative, but we can never say for certain how the story will end. Although we make plans, and try to foresee...

Mechanical Philosophy's Changes and Important Elements

dominated by Aristotelianism (McMullen, 2002). Due to the dominance of Aristotelianism, the idea of mechanical philosophy did not...

Historical Context Regarding Philosophy's Intent

In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...

Comparative Analysis of Taoist and Navajo Philosophies A Comparison Of Navajo And Taoist Philosophies

In six pages two different yet surprisingly similar philosophies are compared and contrasted with particular emphasis on the cultu...