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rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...
determines that moral decisions are established as a result of moral sentiment rather than understanding. In the first section o...
personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...
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...
In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...
In five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...
with whatever is remote and extraordinary; and running without control into the most distant parts of space and time in order to a...
In five pages Hume's views on free will and determinism are examined within the context of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandi...
This paper written in a letter style consists of five pages and examines the contention that David Hum was an atheist and then con...
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...
In five pages this paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...
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. ...
In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...
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...
than just reasoning and experience anyway. Deductive and causal reasoning are two types but it is still not construed as adequate ...
present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...
long before the development of measurement and observation tools that could provide "proof" of his position. Scientifically...
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,...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
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...
in membership in many different kinds of social and civil organizations over the last two generations (Putnam, 1995). The decline ...
a certain way. Yet, there are problems that come up in perception. For example, people perceive objects differently, and sometimes...