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be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...
have been the fact that the individual has MS or CP or some other disease. Another reason might have been that they simply were no...
is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...
a philosopher, Philo a skeptic and Demea a theologian. Well see if this is correct and analyze one of the arguments. Cleanthes O...
any attempt to model understanding of God on the basis of a study of humanity is simply untenable. What is the soul of man? A mixt...
day. There is no reason to speculate that it will not rise tomorrow. Hence, there is a quandary. There is logic that considers sci...
considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...
It is here that the concept of utility arises. Hume asserts that qualities are valued either for their agreeableness, either to t...
In five pages this paper examines Garry Wills' consideration of the Gettysburg Address and discusses how it successfully invigorat...
able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatically programmed for response. The student might surmise that o...
In nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...
In five pages both philosophical arguments regarding moral judgment are compared along with a consideration of why each would disa...
In six pages this paper discusses how Hume critiques man's knowledge regarding causal relationships which is based on the philosop...
other words, lets say that someone came along and said that the sky was falling and that it was a miracle! Basically what Hume is...
of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...
guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
system and ones desires, but there must still be an element of freedom if one is to turn those desires into action. Compati...
then free will itself is not possible (Bass, 2002). This does not relate to the argument of the implausibility of free will and d...
a stream continue forth long past ones gaze. People use responsibility for myriad reasons: to further their good character; to es...
"mental life contains no independent elements but different moments mutually implicating each other in the whole" (p. 42). ...
the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...
in clear opposition to what is found in Genesis. The student will want to point out that Adam and Eve can easily relate...
seem to be too concerned with how the situation turned out; this, as I see now, was because he had a queue of others just waiting ...
only capable of the action, but capable of free action. The man had control over the act; the dog did not. However, just the oppo...
the books noted above we find several themes which are common to much of the worlds greatest literature. Among these themes are h...
In a paper consisting of five pages the extent of free will in light of behavior determinism is assessed. Two sources are cited i...
In five pages the determinism and free will philosophies of Richard Taylor, Walter T. Stace, and Baron D'Holbach are applied to th...
by the reasons and values which occupy the highest, conscious level of our organismic structure" (Bissell, no date, p. indexmm1.ht...
In five pages human behavior is examined from the perspectives of B.F. Skinner's theories concerning modification and determinism ...