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Goldings Lord of the Flies, for example, gives a view of civilised society which is by no means optimistic. He takes a group of ch...

discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...

A ten page realistic examination of the abortion argument from political and social perspectives includes relevant issues and beli...

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

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...

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 ...

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 ...

of souls (Frost 104). It is possible that Plato was attempting to use popular belief to promote the teaching of more profound trut...

is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...

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...

the United States. The book begins around the time he was elected as President, which took place at the end of the 18th century. I...

of England (The American Revolution, 2007). Before the American Revolution he lived in America and was there when legal acts wer...

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

associates in Europe" he would refer "to blacks as lazy, slow, unable to reason, lacking in imagination and even spoke against the...

there, but the Kingdom of the Father is spread out on the earth and men do not see it." A short parable occurs early in Thomass ...

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

18). Harrison (2006) credits Aquinas as being the "major figure" in the reintroduction of Aristotelian concepts into Western cul...

most revolutionary of all science fiction novels when it first appeared in the 1960s. In fact, its appearance on the literary scen...

the importance of direct experience in the formulation of knowledge, is at the core of Humes overarching skepticism, which makes a...

to change moral systems developed before him with complicity in an illegitimate process of reasoning" (p.6). Essentially, he is as...

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...

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...

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...

value the psychological and social factors which can equate with disease or infirmity. Nurses, although also trained primar...