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In some way, Calvinism gave them comfort. They were living a certain way, but it was Gods influence so it was okay. In many ways, ...

by the reasons and values which occupy the highest, conscious level of our organismic structure" (Bissell, no date, p. indexmm1.ht...

In five pages human behavior is examined from the perspectives of B.F. Skinner's theories concerning modification and determinism ...

only capable of the action, but capable of free action. The man had control over the act; the dog did not. However, just the oppo...

they do not understand. Rather, Kant persisted to probe related concepts, an endeavor that would prove extraordinary in the philos...

system and ones desires, but there must still be an element of freedom if one is to turn those desires into action. Compati...

is, there is both free will and determinism. The idea that free will and determinism are one in the same is rare, but it seems ...

seem to be too concerned with how the situation turned out; this, as I see now, was because he had a queue of others just waiting ...

the books noted above we find several themes which are common to much of the worlds greatest literature. Among these themes are h...

in clear opposition to what is found in Genesis. The student will want to point out that Adam and Eve can easily relate...

the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...

Human Understanding, by David Hume (2001), may be helpful. In his classic volume, Hume demonstrates that people know the causes...

then free will itself is not possible (Bass, 2002). This does not relate to the argument of the implausibility of free will and d...

a stream continue forth long past ones gaze. People use responsibility for myriad reasons: to further their good character; to es...

"mental life contains no independent elements but different moments mutually implicating each other in the whole" (p. 42). ...

discipline of marketing and advertising, and indeed the entire basis of consumer society, is predicated upon an assumption of free...

This essay pertains to the use of free will and determinism in Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat." Five pages in length, two sources ...

not something he will believe as he has already made a choice to be a shepherd and not a priest which is what was determined for h...

used to understand present and future situations. Interestingly, the author points out that when taking the models of socialism an...

of classical mechanics (Bradley, 2002). From this point in history onward, scientists viewed the universe from a distinctly differ...

In five pages this paper considers philosophies of James Mills and Immanuel Kant in a discussion of how philosophy can develop iss...

In fifteen pages the freedom concept is examined within the context of the philosophies of existentialism, predestination, determi...

In 5 pages determinism is defined and its philosophical interpretations are examined within the contexts of Rostand's Cyrano de Be...

In two pages this paper examines philosophy's role and human activity purpose as well as Socrates' defense as represented in Apolo...

In nine pages this paper examines teaching philosophies in this overview that explores the relationship between philosophy and edu...

The revolutionary philosophy of Rene Descartes as it is presented within Meditations on First Philosophy is explained in an essay ...

In five pages this report compares Hume and Berkeley in terms of their philosophies' differences and similarities particularly as ...

and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...

animals on the planet, that the arrogant assumption that because mankind has a brain, he is somehow above cause and effect is a fa...

the guidance of peripheral forces. When one looks more closely at the nature of these two arguments, it becomes easy to see how f...