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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...
a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...
speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...
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...
of color to drawing (2002). The economy of statement had been seen to be in line with keeping with the new severity of taste (20...
able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatically programmed for response. The student might surmise that o...
be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...
In five pages this report compares Hume and Berkeley in terms of their philosophies' differences and similarities particularly as ...
defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...
In five pages this paper considers these two philosophers' views regarding empiricism and the origin of reason in a comparative ex...
that the repetition of events in no way created "cause" and that there is not existing interdependence on actions that could be de...
In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...
In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...
In six pages this research paper argues that essence is not preceded by existence with supporting philosophical arguments from Dav...
In five pages this paper discusses how doubt and reality is understood by philosopher Rene Descartes with his argument flaws also ...
nature and follow it. It will not be discovered in a rational, intellectualized society. Hume The foundation of Humes think...
In five pages this paper considers the philosophical views of David Hume and Socrates regarding Ralph Waldo Emerson's observation ...
contends that Humes definition of "cause" (using reason to infer existence), as "a bastard of the imagination, impregnated by expe...
In six pages this paper discusses evil in the world in a consideration of philosophical perspectives offered in the Bible, Night b...
In ten pages this paper considers these literary and philosophical movements in a discussion of such works as She Stoops to Conque...
In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...
there is continuity through time in terms of personal identity and her doubt about her own continuing identity is contradicted by...
that one already has some sense of who they are. Therefore, using ones senses cannot be used to initially gain an idea of humanity...
and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...
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 ...
supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...
In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...
be beneficial in the long run. Do the ends justify the means? Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right or wrong, or what one...
This paper consists of 12 pages and concerns asking famous philosophers such as George Berkeley, Rene Descartes, John Wisdom, Davi...