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Thomas Nagel, Peter Unger, and David Hume on Skepticism

present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...

Comparative Analysis of David Hume and John Locke

only from a scientific standpoint but from a philosophical and political standpoint as well. British philosopher John Lock...

Experience and Ideas According to John Locke

(Locke: The Origin of Ideas, 2003). Locke, unlike many of his peers, denied that certain knowledge was innate for human...

'On the Immortality of the Soul' by David Hume

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,...

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

than just reasoning and experience anyway. Deductive and causal reasoning are two types but it is still not construed as adequate ...

Jacques-Louis David

of this time was The Intervention of the Sabine Women (Olgas Gallery). And, interestingly enough, this was very political for it d...

David Auburn: "Proof"

obviously cannot be separated from the field of mathematics. How do the specific techniques and rigors of higher-order mathematic...

Ethical Theories of David Hume

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...

A case study in cognitive behavioral intervention

The primary goal of intervention is to form goal strategy that is consistent with the reality of the client and will also suffice ...

Knowledge Analysis by David Hume

personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...

A Review of Gabriel's Story

the April sky was not a thing of air and gas. Rather, it lay like a solid ceiling of slate, pressing the living down into the prai...

Reality Struggles of Rene Descartes, George Berkeley, and David Hume

even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...

Compatibilism and David Hume

In seven pages this paper considers Hume's compatibilism philosophy and offers criticisms to examine how his position could be mod...

A Review of Eyewitness to Power

A 5 page review of the book by David Gergen. 1 source....

Death Penalty and the Views of Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, David Hume, and Plato

In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...

Art Weinstein's Market Segmentation

In three pages this paper compares Market Segmentation by Art Weinstein with Theodore Levitt's The Marketing Imagination and David...

Theodore Levitt's Marketing Imagination

In three pages Levitt's text is compared with others on the subject such as Art Weinstein's Market Segmentation and David Ogilvy's...

Transcendentalist Ideas of Henry David Thoreau

of America in its beginnings and resulted in the development of a genre that has come to be known as transcendentalist literature....

Knowledge According to Socrates and Descartes

This research report looks at how knowledge is acquired according to these two theorists. A great deal of information is contained...

David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize Winning Play Turned Movie Glengarry Glen Ross

In five pages this paper discusses the 1992 film adaptation of David Mamet's play in terms of plot and performance....

David Hume and His Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

In five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...

Free Will, Determinism, and David Hume

In five pages Hume's views on free will and determinism are examined within the context of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandi...

Knowledge and the Philosophies of Immanuel Kant, David Hume, Baruch Spinoza, and Rene Descartes

In six pages this paper examines how knowledge theories are philosophically conceptualized by Kant, Hume, Spinoza, and Descartes. ...

God's Existence and the Perspectives of David Hume, William Paley, Rene Descartes, and Augustine of Hippo

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume

In five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...

Knowledge of the World as Perceived by David Hume

In five pages this paper discusses Hume's knowledge of the world theory and his rejection of causality and induction. One source ...

David Hume, Atheism, and Immorality

This paper written in a letter style consists of five pages and examines the contention that David Hum was an atheist and then con...

Evil, God, and David Hume

of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...

Daily Life of the Ancient Romans (Book Review)

contrast the modern day with ancient times. If he does have an argument, it might be that people are not so different throughout h...

Life and Works of Scottish Philosopher David Hume

In ten pages Hume's life, works, and writings are considered including his Treatise of Human Nature, with an assessment of his inf...