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Essays 91 - 120
assented to three kinds of knowledge: intuitive, demonstrative, and sensitive and all are based upon the concept of "ideas" (Kenyo...
acknowledging it as the source from which the mind receives sensory information. However, Kant argued that the mind cannot know th...
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...
true of actions as well as other events, not in order to argue that determinism is compatible with actions being freely performed ...
that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...
going to equal seven. He states in his Mediations on First Philosophy: "SEVERAL years have now elapsed since I first became awar...
a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...
In twelve pages the life of political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli and his important works are analyzed. Four sources are cite...
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...
In five pages this essay discusses David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Aristotle by contrasting and comparing their philosophies regard...
This paper considers the nature of miracles from the philosophical perspectives of David Hume in 5 pages. Four sources are cited ...
In five pages this paper examines the 'Argument from Design' argument from both sides as considered by David Hume in Dialogues Con...
This paper examines the concepts of empiricism and common sense from the perspectives of George Berkeley and David Hume in five pa...
there is continuity through time in terms of personal identity and her doubt about her own continuing identity is contradicted by...
In six pages this paper discusses causation and knowledge in a consideration of the differences between the philosophies of David ...
In five pages this paper discusses the religious existence of man and the causal relationships theory as they pertain to the philo...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the perception theories of David Hume and John Locke and exposes flaws in the empi...
be beneficial in the long run. Do the ends justify the means? Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right or wrong, or what one...
In three pages this report discusses the utilitarian philosophy of David Hume in a consideration of the role of sympathy in 'Why U...
In five pages this report examines the assertion that there is a separation of the body and soul and that each event is attributed...
In six pages human nature is the focus in an overview that contrasts Descartes' philosophy with that of George Berkeley's with cri...
In five pages this paper considers the philosophical views of David Hume and Socrates regarding Ralph Waldo Emerson's observation ...
nature and follow it. It will not be discovered in a rational, intellectualized society. Hume The foundation of Humes think...
Inquiry Concerning The Principles of Morals Hume appears to attack the rigorism model of moral judgment in that he believes that ...
that the repetition of events in no way created "cause" and that there is not existing interdependence on actions that could be de...
inseparable from its body, or at any rate that certain parts of it are" (Aristotle "On the Soul" 21). Aristotles view of the soul...
In six pages this research paper argues that essence is not preceded by existence with supporting philosophical arguments from Dav...