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

of color to drawing (2002). The economy of statement had been seen to be in line with keeping with the new severity of taste (20...

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...

education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...

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

It is here that the concept of utility arises. Hume asserts that qualities are valued either for their agreeableness, either to t...

determines that moral decisions are established as a result of moral sentiment rather than understanding. In the first section o...

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...

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...

the April sky was not a thing of air and gas. Rather, it lay like a solid ceiling of slate, pressing the living down into the prai...

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...

personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...

even know such a field as graphic art existed until he was 27 years of age and up until he became involved in art he was a profess...

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

his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...

obviously cannot be separated from the field of mathematics. How do the specific techniques and rigors of higher-order mathematic...

of this time was The Intervention of the Sabine Women (Olgas Gallery). And, interestingly enough, this was very political for it d...

contrast the modern day with ancient times. If he does have an argument, it might be that people are not so different throughout h...

In ten pages Hume's life, works, and writings are considered including his Treatise of Human Nature, with an assessment of his inf...

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

This essay responds to several issues concerning King David. What was the Davidic covenant. Since David sinned, why is he consider...

This paper reviews the book 1776 by author David McCullough. No additional sources are listed. ...

original thirteen colonies on which the new United States of America was founded removed their approval of being governed by the B...