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men for the society in which they develop. Youngs concepts of justice and mans role in society appear to challenge those prese...
In six pages this paper denotes similarities and differences in the philosophies of Plato and Hume regarding God, morality, and hu...
In eight pages Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding serves as a springboard to a discussion regarding the Scottish philos...
In five pages Hume's views on morality are discussed in terms of their origins and arguments against limiting self serving actions...
In five pages material substance concepts are considered in this contrasting and comparison of three philosophical perspectives wi...
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 ...
a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
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 ...
discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...
even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...
In five pages this paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...
In five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...
of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...
This paper written in a letter style consists of five pages and examines the contention that David Hum was an atheist and then con...
In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...
In eleven pages this report discusses how Hume's skeptical views shaped his perceptions regarding good taste and art with the writ...
It is here that the concept of utility arises. Hume asserts that qualities are valued either for their agreeableness, either to t...
determines that moral decisions are established as a result of moral sentiment rather than understanding. In the first section o...
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...
made consistent"; meaning that its hard to believe we can draw the wrong conclusions if we have true premises to begin with (Berke...
his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...
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...
they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...
only from a scientific standpoint but from a philosophical and political standpoint as well. British philosopher John Lock...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...