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is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...

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...

be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...

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...

the immortality of the soul. The main points are as follows. First of all, Hume points out that the soul is said to be immaterial,...

present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...

only from a scientific standpoint but from a philosophical and political standpoint as well. British philosopher John Lock...

a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...

discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...

In eleven pages this report discusses how Hume's skeptical views shaped his perceptions regarding good taste and art with the writ...

In five pages this paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...

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...

rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...

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...

even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...

He asserted that evidence that God exists in a singular or plural context because it has become universally accepted as truth (135...

This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...

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

would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...

with whatever is remote and extraordinary; and running without control into the most distant parts of space and time in order to a...

In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...

In five pages this report contrasts and compares the conservative Bentham with the liberal Hume and then applies their concepts to...

the importance of direct experience in the formulation of knowledge, is at the core of Humes overarching skepticism, which makes a...

style to be clear and unbiased. These were then categories by qualified psychologies into one of three groups, behavioural therapy...

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...

ever voted, by a tenth part of those who were bound to pay obedience to it " (Hume PG). One can take this notion a step further an...

Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....