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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...
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...
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 paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...
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...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
long before the development of measurement and observation tools that could provide "proof" of his position. Scientifically...
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...
than just reasoning and experience anyway. Deductive and causal reasoning are two types but it is still not construed as adequate ...
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...
In a paper consisting of two and a half pages the article 'Activation of the Auditory Cortex During Silent Lipreading' written by ...
and the power of the government to act; it is the implementation of formal rules by the society. The second type of authority that...
found nothing whatever to say to King Harald Hardrada of Norway" (9). Throughout the course of the text, it becomes readily appar...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
neighbors. Such things do happen. When life happens, it is often unique and has little reference to the past. Yet, in examining t...
may volunteer to go door to door to collect money for charity. Each makes use of leisure time. Yet, one might attach the actions o...
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...
one philosopher might say that it is always wrong to kill other people, or one might may qualify that idea by saying that it is al...
to change moral systems developed before him with complicity in an illegitimate process of reasoning" (p.6). Essentially, he is as...
the importance of direct experience in the formulation of knowledge, is at the core of Humes overarching skepticism, which makes a...
In 5 pages this paper argues that the so-called Scottish Enlightenment was neither Scottish nor particularly enlightened with Ferg...
This is a 5 page critical review that criticizes the nation's system of juvenile justice and its many shortfalls, emphasizing the ...
style to be clear and unbiased. These were then categories by qualified psychologies into one of three groups, behavioural therapy...
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...
The career and personal background of Nobel Peace prize winner and Northern Ireland politician John Hume are presented in this six...