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of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...

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

This 8 page paper considers whether the Bible is fact or myth, and whether or not it provides an accurate account of real people a...

In five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...

In five pages Hume's views on free will and determinism are examined within the context of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandi...

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

In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...

In five pages Hume's attack on the self or personal identity is discussed as represented in A Treatise of Human Nature and also co...

In seven pages this paper considers Hume's compatibilism philosophy and offers criticisms to examine how his position could be mod...

In six pages this paper denotes similarities and differences in the philosophies of Plato and Hume regarding God, morality, and hu...

men for the society in which they develop. Youngs concepts of justice and mans role in society appear to challenge those prese...

In eight pages Hume's counter philosophical arguments to causality are examined with supporting evidence offered by Immanuel Kant ...

In eight pages Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding serves as a springboard to a discussion regarding the Scottish philos...

In five pages Hume's views on morality are discussed in terms of their origins and arguments against limiting self serving actions...

In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...

In five pages material substance concepts are considered in this contrasting and comparison of three philosophical perspectives wi...

ever wanted to be considered part of mainstream America, "they needed to gain access to all aspects of society through pressuring ...

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...

legislative body; an executive branch; and a judicial branch of government. Britain came to that change later than did the US, ho...

One will of course possess an impression from the sight, and supposes that there is a causal relationship between the flames and t...

In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...

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. ...

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...

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,...

Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...

they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...