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In nine pages this research paper examines Hume's philosophical conclusions regarding moral judgments and the roles sentiment and ...

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...

In eleven pages this report discusses how Hume's skeptical views shaped his perceptions regarding good taste and art with the writ...

rather selfish but perhaps it is true. Hume further believes that that the house also produces pleasure, which in turn produces pr...

and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...

discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...

true of actions as well as other events, not in order to argue that determinism is compatible with actions being freely performed ...

He asserted that evidence that God exists in a singular or plural context because it has become universally accepted as truth (135...

This paper considers the nature of miracles from the philosophical perspectives of David Hume in 5 pages. Four sources are cited ...

they touched, saw, tasted and felt, was actually constructed from a very sophisticated computer program. The people of this future...

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...

be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherently flawed. Not an altogether optimistic philosophy to be s...

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...

long before the development of measurement and observation tools that could provide "proof" of his position. Scientifically...

and escalate directly to the top to absolute knowledge. Step one in his groundbreaking compilation of scientifically conscious th...

to exist, the material world would, therefore, be a useless creation (Berkeley, 1986). Philonous attempts to understand Hylas pos...

spirited figure of St George in armour, expressing in the head of this saint the beauty of youth, courage and valour in arms, and ...

In nine pages this research paper considers the classical and Keynesian schools of thought in terms of their economic influence an...

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

In five pages this paper defines how the conservatism concept as evolved in a consideration of George Tindall and David Shi's Amer...

In six pages this report assess which philosophical argument Bertrand Russell would support in an examination of Russell's Problem...

able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatically programmed for response. The student might surmise that o...

In nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...

Reasonableness of Christianity, An Essay Concerning Toleration, and the Consequences of Lowering of Interest and Raising the Value...

In five pages both philosophical arguments regarding moral judgment are compared along with a consideration of why each would disa...

In five pages this paper discusses the social implications of property in John Locke's argument presented in his Second Treatise o...

In three pages this paper examines how Jefferson borrowed from Enlightenment theories and John Locke's political philosophy in wri...

In three pages John Locke's perspectives and philosophy of ideas as presented in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding are exami...

In six pages this report discusses the social contract theory in a consideration of how the state concept came into being with Joh...