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In nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...

In seven pages this paper discuses Socrates' philosophy in an overview that includes his soul concept, what constitutes 'true' kno...

In five pages this paper examines how Plato described Socrates' trial and death in his dialogues Phaedo, Crito, Apology, and Euthy...

In six pages this paper discusses how Hume critiques man's knowledge regarding causal relationships which is based on the philosop...

other words, lets say that someone came along and said that the sky was falling and that it was a miracle! Basically what Hume is...

guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...

God wills at any particular moment." To this proposition, Nielsen poses three questions: 1. Is being willed by God the, or even a,...

surely bless you and make your descendant as numerous as the stars in the sky." Because Abraham never questioned a divine commandm...

his writings (Levinson x). Socrates would continue to dominate Platos personal and professional lives for years to come, and woul...

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

considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...

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

In a paper consisting of three pages it is contemplated what Russell's reaction to Plato's efforts to account for nature of realit...

of Nature. He has also noted that while the 20th century has involved a great deal of specialization, the 21st century will be a ...

as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...

divided into public and private rights. Then the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctri...

the society has been "dumbed down." It does seem true that the masses rarely think for themselves. They vote by sound bite and for...

what no republic may dare" (1784). Interestingly, about five years after the writing of this piece the French would take the heads...

seem to be common sense. Because there are so many belief systems in a melting pot society, why not just let people decide their o...

In looking at the greatest good we may argue that there are many people that have benefited from the use of the internet,...

In six pages this paper examines good will and reason from the conceptual philosophical perspective of Immanuel Kant with argument...

non-hypothetical, because she is operating on the belief that non-hypothetical and imperatives cannot co-exist. This would seem to...

humans should be moral we often think of the works of those major philosophers who adamantly supported morality. We look to great...

In ten pages this paper discusses goodness through the concepts of John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant and discusses how in assista...

delve further into the subject matter and ask how reason transcends experience. Clearly, while elevating experience above reason, ...

based primarily on sex, and one partner ages poorly, the other partner may leave the relationship. In some way, if the relationshi...

The central issue has nothing to do with the sex of the individuals. The case is not affected by the fact that they are two...

reason (Kants Ethics, 2003). In his famous, Critique of Pure Reason, Kant "sought to answer the skepticism of empiricists like Hu...

significant proportion of the feelings associated with organ transplant are positive. Not all aspects of organ transplant are ass...

conditions and development; contrarily, humanity may also perceive the world as a more direct understanding based upon their spiri...