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some strategy that starts from other beliefs that we have. Inference, for example, is such a strategy. One might infer that it is ...

with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...

questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...

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

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...

sure it exists". Background Since the division of Palestine in 1947 and the creation of the new state of Israel in 1948 whi...

started to fall out of favour, and the fall of this from popualrity is claimed by Charles Jenks to have marked the end of the mode...

This is a 5 page critical review that criticizes the nation's system of juvenile justice and its many shortfalls, emphasizing the ...

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

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

In six pages this paper discusses how Hume critiques man's knowledge regarding causal relationships which is based on the philosop...

other words, lets say that someone came along and said that the sky was falling and that it was a miracle! Basically what Hume is...

guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...

Human Understanding, by David Hume (2001), may be helpful. In his classic volume, Hume demonstrates that people know the causes...

considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...

Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...

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

In five pages this paper assesses equal rights for women in an examination of the Enlightenment theories expressed by Gouges, Woll...

failure of the Catholic faith to suppress Copernicus. By the start of the...

world, few governments would allow either situation to exist. Yet, it would be troubling for anyone to be completely dominated by ...

radical of all times. These changes are particularly interesting in regard to the manner in which they changed the artistic depic...

In five pages this text is examined in a discussion of enlightenment philosophy as represented by Rousseau, Hume, and Locke. Ther...

In three pages artists Francois Boucher and Jacques Louis David are discussed in an examination of how the art of the 18th century...

structures, art, sculpture, glass works, decorative pieces and illuminated composition from the twelfth through the sixteenth cent...

First, Socrates, who is obviously the focus of the painting, is sitting up, still teaching as shown by his raised left hand. Hes m...

but philosophers also argue that private property rights are necessary (even when they seem unfair) "for the ethical development o...

In seven pages this paper discusses private property in a discussion of social contract theory, the views of Rousseau, Hobbes, and...

This 6 page paper discusses real property management and the methods of traditional assessment, including easily available statist...

have come a long way since their inception. As is evidenced by the plethora of historical records, English property law was...