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that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...

going to equal seven. He states in his Mediations on First Philosophy: "SEVERAL years have now elapsed since I first became awar...

While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

be beneficial in the long run. Do the ends justify the means? Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right or wrong, or what one...

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

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 serious subject for examination. Unjust Laws Exist Thoreau had chosen to life that was in some respects that of a recluse an...

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 ...

a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...

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

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

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

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

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

with whatever is remote and extraordinary; and running without control into the most distant parts of space and time in order to a...

of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...

The phenomenon of absentee parents has increased in relevance in the 21st century. This analysis is a comparison and contrast of L...

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

This research report looks at the ideas of these two philosophers through written works. Other works are explored such as those by...

In five pages this paper attempts to derive modernity's meaning in an examination of All That is Solid Gold Melts into the Air by ...

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

In six pages this paper denotes similarities and differences in the philosophies of Plato and Hume regarding God, morality, and hu...

men for the society in which they develop. Youngs concepts of justice and mans role in society appear to challenge those prese...

In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...

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...