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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...

and change. He did not perceive the world as having changed greatly, but instead perceived the same world in a much different lig...

In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...

In five pages this paper discusses the religious existence of man and the causal relationships theory as they pertain to the philo...

In six pages this paper discusses causation and knowledge in a consideration of the differences between the philosophies of David ...

This paper considers the nature of miracles from the philosophical perspectives of David Hume in 5 pages. Four sources are cited ...

In five pages the argument that Scottish philosopher David Hume was a racist is considered. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

contends that Humes definition of "cause" (using reason to infer existence), as "a bastard of the imagination, impregnated by expe...

In five pages this paper examines the 'Argument from Design' argument from both sides as considered by David Hume in Dialogues Con...

In four pages this report examines subjective and objective morality from the perspective of David Hume. Two sources are cited in...

In five pages this essay discusses David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Aristotle by contrasting and comparing their philosophies regard...

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...

event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...

true of actions as well as other events, not in order to argue that determinism is compatible with actions being freely performed ...

The paper traces the development of motivation theory, looking at the different ideas that have emerged including the impact of sc...

However, we can also argue that the proof f this truth made no difference to whether the belief was true, being true even before i...

points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...

supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...

at least, Hume is positing that reason does not have a very important role to play in life, thus, reason, to Hume, would be defini...

here on Earth. This of course, did not go over well with the Church who was used to organizing everyones life on Earth. Reason, th...

deeper and ask just what the nature of these impressions are, and how they operate (PG). The impression may after all arise from...

this is a ludicrous statement because if the sun did not rise, there would be no life as human beings need the sun in order for th...

see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...

top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...

this sentiment and states that it is good when each individual realizes their talents and abilities to their fullest. Speaking in ...

from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...

This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...

More specifically, Hume argued that cause is the idea that one event makes another event inevitable and/or necessary (The Philosop...