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This paper examines the concepts of empiricism and common sense from the perspectives of George Berkeley and David Hume in five pa...

In five pages this report assesses David Hume's attitudes regarding jusice and examines why he labels it as an artificial virtue b...

In four pages this report examines subjective and objective morality from the perspective of David Hume. Two sources are cited in...

you, and by the cold reception which your pretended discoveries shall meet with, when communicated. Be a philosopher; but amidst ...

God is the world and the universe and it is just there. At the same time, he may be seen as both the cause of, and the universe, i...

Inquiry Concerning The Principles of Morals Hume appears to attack the rigorism model of moral judgment in that he believes that ...

In five pages this paper considers the original Cape Fear film and its remake in an examination of changing times, Augustine's and...

In three pages the writer criticizes Kierkegaard's argument and counters the philosophical logic used in the contention that reaso...

In five pages St. Augustine's Confessions is examined in an overview that includes the theologian's views about the natural, physi...

In two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...

In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...

as family, friends and personal interests, such as hobbies and projects, ahead of work related issues imposed by others, people ca...

made consistent"; meaning that its hard to believe we can draw the wrong conclusions if we have true premises to begin with (Berke...

a cause. The best solution for the primal cause of the universe is God; therefore, God exists. However, this brings up the questio...

patients who were able to learn the art of "conscious relaxation" not only were able to quit smoking and eat better, but showed im...

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

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

the universe reveals that the natural world provides a graduated scale of existence, from lower beings to those that are higher or...

prove the existence of God, which he considered to be self-evident. Aquinas said that when we are not able to demonstrate the caus...

by humanity, without turning to any other body of factual information or knowledge. In other words, it is possible for people to c...

at the bottom of the ladder, and humanity at the top, by virtue of the faculty of reason (Augustine of Hippo, 2001). After carefu...

the universe and the cells of life on the planet, it was assumed that this enormous and highly intricate mechanism had a designer ...

Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...

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

argue Gods existence within its own definition. Without any sort of relationship with other concrete statements, the entire argume...

is Anselms primary opponent in his argument regarding the existence of God. Kants separation between the analytic and the synthet...

constant when the resultant external force acting on the system is zero" and if the system is the universe there are no external f...

various things as they approach in diverse ways toward something that is the greatest, just as in the case of hotter (more hot) wh...

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...

In five pages both philosophical arguments regarding moral judgment are compared along with a consideration of why each would disa...