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In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...
In five pages Hume's views on free will and determinism are examined within the context of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandi...
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...
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...
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. ...
even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...
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...
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...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
In eight pages this paper examines these philosophers' views regarding knowledge in a consideration of experience and reason with ...
One will of course possess an impression from the sight, and supposes that there is a causal relationship between the flames and t...
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...
present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...
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 ...
discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...
a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
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 four pages this paper discusses how God's existence is argued through epistemology with Thomas Aquinas' arguments providing evi...
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 God's existence as it is considered within the context of Mortimer Adler's How to Think about God A Guide for the 20...