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Essays 121 - 150
In six pages human nature is the focus in an overview that contrasts Descartes' philosophy with that of George Berkeley's with cri...
Inquiry Concerning The Principles of Morals Hume appears to attack the rigorism model of moral judgment in that he believes that ...
In five pages this paper considers these two philosophers' views regarding empiricism and the origin of reason in a comparative ex...
that the repetition of events in no way created "cause" and that there is not existing interdependence on actions that could be de...
In five pages this paper discusses how doubt and reality is understood by philosopher Rene Descartes with his argument flaws also ...
from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...
Loftus report that visitors to Disneyland had come to the conclusion that they met Bugs Bunny, but the rabbit is actually a Warner...
is, there is both free will and determinism. The idea that free will and determinism are one in the same is rare, but it seems ...
Hume was often at odds with other philosophers when it came to his personal perception of human nature and the ways of life....
here on Earth. This of course, did not go over well with the Church who was used to organizing everyones life on Earth. Reason, th...
supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...
More specifically, Hume argued that cause is the idea that one event makes another event inevitable and/or necessary (The Philosop...
"experienced" internally in some manner, as well as externally via touch or logical use of the item in daily living. In thi...
that one already has some sense of who they are. Therefore, using ones senses cannot be used to initially gain an idea of humanity...
event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...
see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...
acknowledging it as the source from which the mind receives sensory information. However, Kant argued that the mind cannot know th...
assented to three kinds of knowledge: intuitive, demonstrative, and sensitive and all are based upon the concept of "ideas" (Kenyo...
story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound ...
a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...
true of actions as well as other events, not in order to argue that determinism is compatible with actions being freely performed ...
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...
and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...
is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...
if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...
In ten pages free will and God are analyzed in this philosophical essay with a critical examination of theories by Hume, Kierkegaa...
In seven pages this chapter is discussed in terms of how the author portrayed the philosophical influences of such theorists as Hu...
In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...
The ancient Greek arche concept is compared with Plato's soul concept in an argument that contends Plato's conflict resolution of ...