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In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...
In five pages David Hume's contention that there is no God is countered by an opposing argument. Two sources are cited in the bib...
In nine pages this research paper examines Hume's philosophical conclusions regarding moral judgments and the roles sentiment and ...
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...
He asserted that evidence that God exists in a singular or plural context because it has become universally accepted as truth (135...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
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...
personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...
controversial writings on religion and morality (Hume, 2002). In fact, he continued to turn out essays and critical writings on ev...
In five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...
In seven pages this paper considers Hume's compatibilism philosophy and offers criticisms to examine how his position could be mod...
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 Hume's views on free will and determinism are examined within the context of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandi...
you, and by the cold reception which your pretended discoveries shall meet with, when communicated. Be a philosopher; but amidst ...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
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...
questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...
some strategy that starts from other beliefs that we have. Inference, for example, is such a strategy. One might infer that it is ...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...
to change moral systems developed before him with complicity in an illegitimate process of reasoning" (p.6). Essentially, he is as...
This research report looks at Hume and Descartes and their ideas about reason. It is claimed that Hume minimized the use of reason...
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 ...
of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...
In five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...
In eleven pages this report discusses how Hume's skeptical views shaped his perceptions regarding good taste and art with the writ...