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determines that moral decisions are established as a result of moral sentiment rather than understanding. In the first section o...

rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...

for others, such as Bentham and Mill. One of the positions for which Hume is famous is that we cannot derive ought from is, in oth...

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...

of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...

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 paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...

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

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...

different links only to be brought to lists advertising college programs, books or other products. Returning to the home page, thi...

This paper provides a reading of the Dickinson poem, 'After Great Pain a Formal Feeling Comes. The author contends that Dickinson...

and comparison of the volumes of literature that were produced during this era. Three of the great philosophers of this era, Thom...

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...

This 35 page paper provides a summary of 5 chapters of a book provided by the student. The book concerns the nature of organizatio...

In relationship to the role of mutation in gene frequencies the authors also note that, "alleles enter a population in two ways: 1...

In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...

In nine pages this research paper examines Hume's philosophical conclusions regarding moral judgments and the roles sentiment and ...

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

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...

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...