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of metaphysical disparity mentioned above is best expressed in a philosophical construction posited by American philosopher Susan ...
considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...
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 ...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
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,...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...
some strategy that starts from other beliefs that we have. Inference, for example, is such a strategy. One might infer that it is ...
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...
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...
It is here that the concept of utility arises. Hume asserts that qualities are valued either for their agreeableness, either to t...
determines that moral decisions are established as a result of moral sentiment rather than understanding. In the first section o...
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...
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...
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 ...
only in the perception of the one who desires it....
controversial writings on religion and morality (Hume, 2002). In fact, he continued to turn out essays and critical writings on ev...
In six pages this research paper considers An Essay Concerning Human Understanding in an analysis of Locke's representation of how...
In eight pages Hume's counter philosophical arguments to causality are examined with supporting evidence offered by Immanuel Kant ...
In eight pages Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding serves as a springboard to a discussion regarding the Scottish philos...