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Human Understanding, by David Hume (2001), may be helpful. In his classic volume, Hume demonstrates that people know the causes...
his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...
neighbors. Such things do happen. When life happens, it is often unique and has little reference to the past. Yet, in examining t...
it is also the case that in general terms, people seem to believe what they see. They do not see atoms and they do see a solid mas...
one philosopher might say that it is always wrong to kill other people, or one might may qualify that idea by saying that it is al...
may volunteer to go door to door to collect money for charity. Each makes use of leisure time. Yet, one might attach the actions o...
day. There is no reason to speculate that it will not rise tomorrow. Hence, there is a quandary. There is logic that considers sci...
In six pages this research paper considers An Essay Concerning Human Understanding in an analysis of Locke's representation of how...
In eight pages Hume's counter philosophical arguments to causality are examined with supporting evidence offered by Immanuel Kant ...
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 twelve pages this research paper examines the evolution of pluralism in a consideration of such philosophies as David Hume's em...
In eight pages this research paper considers philosophical perspectives regarding God's existence and includes David Hume's opposi...
In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...
In five pages David Hume's contention that there is no God is countered by an opposing argument. Two sources are cited in the bib...
In nine pages this research paper examines Hume's philosophical conclusions regarding moral judgments and the roles sentiment and ...
with whatever is remote and extraordinary; and running without control into the most distant parts of space and time in order to a...
In five pages Hume's views on free will and determinism are examined within the context of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandi...
you, and by the cold reception which your pretended discoveries shall meet with, when communicated. Be a philosopher; but amidst ...
In five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...
of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...
In five pages this report assesses David Hume's attitudes regarding jusice and examines why he labels it as an artificial virtue b...
In seven pages this paper considers Hume's compatibilism philosophy and offers criticisms to examine how his position could be mod...
In five pages Hume's attack on the self or personal identity is discussed as represented in A Treatise of Human Nature and also co...
thought and action are connected, bringing to mind the view of science and how it demonstrated the same evidence. Character...
In a report consisting of eight pages abortion is examined within the context of David Hume's utilitarian philosophy and Aristotle...
In five pages David Hume's definition of morality as a sympathy concept is applied to his contention that moral views do not stem ...
In three pages this paper discusses David Hume's philosophical belief that causation laid the foundation for rational belief with ...
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 ...