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deeper and ask just what the nature of these impressions are, and how they operate (PG). The impression may after all arise from...
the other; and, the law of contrast which is opposite the law of similarity where one thing or event may trigger or associate itse...
event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...
their Doubts, and to confirm them at last in a perfect Skepticism" (47). Locke...
ideas and moods. Also, the desire for immortality may be attached to the brain. This idea paints the human being as nothing more t...
the importance of direct experience in the formulation of knowledge, is at the core of Humes overarching skepticism, which makes a...
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...
style to be clear and unbiased. These were then categories by qualified psychologies into one of three groups, behavioural therapy...
be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...
considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...
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,...
with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...
some strategy that starts from other beliefs that we have. Inference, for example, is such a strategy. One might infer that it is ...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...
day. There is no reason to speculate that it will not rise tomorrow. Hence, there is a quandary. There is logic that considers sci...
neighbors. Such things do happen. When life happens, it is often unique and has little reference to the past. Yet, in examining t...
Human Understanding, by David Hume (2001), may be helpful. In his classic volume, Hume demonstrates that people know the causes...
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...
to change moral systems developed before him with complicity in an illegitimate process of reasoning" (p.6). Essentially, he is as...
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...
In eight pages Hume's counter philosophical arguments to causality are examined with supporting evidence offered by Immanuel Kant ...
In six pages Scottish philosopher David Hume's skepticism concerning the existence of miracles is discussed which although interes...
In a report consisting of eight pages abortion is examined within the context of David Hume's utilitarian philosophy and Aristotle...
In five pages David Hume's definition of morality as a sympathy concept is applied to his contention that moral views do not stem ...
In three pages this paper discusses David Hume's philosophical belief that causation laid the foundation for rational belief with ...
In five pages this paper examines how David Hume's perspectives are addressed by Thomas Nagel in his arguments. Three sources are...