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Essays 151 - 180
for others, such as Bentham and Mill. One of the positions for which Hume is famous is that we cannot derive ought from is, in oth...
This paper written in a letter style consists of five pages and examines the contention that David Hum was an atheist and then con...
of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...
In five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...
In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...
discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...
In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...
In nine pages this research paper examines Hume's philosophical conclusions regarding moral judgments and the roles sentiment and ...
In eight pages Hume's counter philosophical arguments to causality are examined with supporting evidence offered by Immanuel Kant ...
In five pages material substance concepts are considered in this contrasting and comparison of three philosophical perspectives wi...
In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...
In six pages this paper denotes similarities and differences in the philosophies of Plato and Hume regarding God, morality, and hu...
men for the society in which they develop. Youngs concepts of justice and mans role in society appear to challenge those prese...
In five pages Hume's views on morality are discussed in terms of their origins and arguments against limiting self serving actions...
In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...
In seven pages this paper considers Hume's compatibilism philosophy and offers criticisms to examine how his position could be mod...
all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...
a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...
they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
only from a scientific standpoint but from a philosophical and political standpoint as well. British philosopher John Lock...
be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...
One will of course possess an impression from the sight, and supposes that there is a causal relationship between the flames and t...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...
made consistent"; meaning that its hard to believe we can draw the wrong conclusions if we have true premises to begin with (Berke...
In five pages this report contrasts and compares the conservative Bentham with the liberal Hume and then applies their concepts to...
the other; and, the law of contrast which is opposite the law of similarity where one thing or event may trigger or associate itse...