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Essays 151 - 180
In eleven pages this report discusses how Hume's skeptical views shaped his perceptions regarding good taste and art with the writ...
determines that moral decisions are established as a result of moral sentiment rather than understanding. In the first section o...
In five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...
In five pages this paper examines David Hume's philosophy regarding knowledge and how it is based upon immediate perceptual experi...
In five pages this paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...
thought and action are connected, bringing to mind the view of science and how it demonstrated the same evidence. Character...
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...
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...
you, and by the cold reception which your pretended discoveries shall meet with, when communicated. Be a philosopher; but amidst ...
In five pages Hume's views on free will and determinism are examined within the context of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandi...
This is a 5 page critical review that criticizes the nation's system of juvenile justice and its many shortfalls, emphasizing the ...
In 5 pages this paper argues that the so-called Scottish Enlightenment was neither Scottish nor particularly enlightened with Ferg...
with whatever is remote and extraordinary; and running without control into the most distant parts of space and time in order to a...
In five pages this report assesses David Hume's attitudes regarding jusice and examines why he labels it as an artificial virtue b...
of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...
than just reasoning and experience anyway. Deductive and causal reasoning are two types but it is still not construed as adequate ...
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 ...
controversial writings on religion and morality (Hume, 2002). In fact, he continued to turn out essays and critical writings on ev...
simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...
personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...
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...
He asserted that evidence that God exists in a singular or plural context because it has become universally accepted as truth (135...
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...
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...