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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...
be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...
In eleven pages this report discusses how Hume's skeptical views shaped his perceptions regarding good taste and art with the writ...
In five pages Hume's attack on the self or personal identity is discussed as represented in A Treatise of Human Nature and also co...
In three pages this paper discusses David Hume's philosophical belief that causation laid the foundation for rational belief with ...
event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...
true of actions as well as other events, not in order to argue that determinism is compatible with actions being freely performed ...
This paper considers the nature of miracles from the philosophical perspectives of David Hume in 5 pages. Four sources are cited ...
and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...
the considerations surrounding his concepts of the mind and he supports his contentions with direct demonstrations of the applicab...
discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...
that one already has some sense of who they are. Therefore, using ones senses cannot be used to initially gain an idea of humanity...
all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...
long before the development of measurement and observation tools that could provide "proof" of his position. Scientifically...
they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...
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...
rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...
He asserted that evidence that God exists in a singular or plural context because it has become universally accepted as truth (135...
nature and follow it. It will not be discovered in a rational, intellectualized society. Hume The foundation of Humes think...
In nine pages this research paper examines Hume's philosophical conclusions regarding moral judgments and the roles sentiment and ...
In five pages material substance concepts are considered in this contrasting and comparison of three philosophical perspectives wi...
this is a ludicrous statement because if the sun did not rise, there would be no life as human beings need the sun in order for th...
it is also the case that in general terms, people seem to believe what they see. They do not see atoms and they do see a solid mas...
In eight pages Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding serves as a springboard to a discussion regarding the Scottish philos...
In five pages Hume's views on morality are discussed in terms of their origins and arguments against limiting self serving actions...
In three pages this report discusses the utilitarian philosophy of David Hume in a consideration of the role of sympathy in 'Why U...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...
Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...