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a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...
story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound ...
speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...
youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...
education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...
there is continuity through time in terms of personal identity and her doubt about her own continuing identity is contradicted by...
and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...
While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...
that one already has some sense of who they are. Therefore, using ones senses cannot be used to initially gain an idea of humanity...
event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...
true of actions as well as other events, not in order to argue that determinism is compatible with actions being freely performed ...
points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...
giant metal man falling into the sea. Hogarth is the only one that believes him and rushes away to search in likely places for the...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
However, we can also argue that the proof f this truth made no difference to whether the belief was true, being true even before i...
(Washington State University, 2004). Plato asserts that our perceptions are essentially "shadows" of real objects. In ot...
"experienced" internally in some manner, as well as externally via touch or logical use of the item in daily living. In thi...
suicide ideation is often aligned with a lack of clear thinking. Thus, suicide should not be prohibited or encouraged, but rather ...
One will of course possess an impression from the sight, and supposes that there is a causal relationship between the flames and t...
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 ...
This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...
More specifically, Hume argued that cause is the idea that one event makes another event inevitable and/or necessary (The Philosop...
Loftus report that visitors to Disneyland had come to the conclusion that they met Bugs Bunny, but the rabbit is actually a Warner...
wet because a toddler had an "accident" or there is blood everywhere because someone was murdered. Clearly, the bed might have bee...
this sentiment and states that it is good when each individual realizes their talents and abilities to their fullest. Speaking in ...
from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...
Hume was often at odds with other philosophers when it came to his personal perception of human nature and the ways of life....
the chance to break free from such constraints. The global society was ready for a tremendous change in direction following the t...
experience, will readily be admitted with regard to such objects, as we remember to have once been altogether unknown to us..." (A...
leader. Finally, my educational objectives include demonstrating an awareness of and a skill for nursing research, which requires...