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deeper and ask just what the nature of these impressions are, and how they operate (PG). The impression may after all arise from...

top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...

at least, Hume is positing that reason does not have a very important role to play in life, thus, reason, to Hume, would be defini...

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...

there is continuity through time in terms of personal identity and her doubt about her own continuing identity is contradicted by...

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, ...

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 ...

In six pages this paper discusses causation and knowledge in a consideration of the differences between the philosophies of David ...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the perception theories of David Hume and John Locke and exposes flaws in the empi...

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

In five pages this paper discusses the religious existence of man and the causal relationships theory as they pertain to the philo...

In five pages business ethics are examined through applications of theories by philosophers David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and John St...

In six pages this research paper and essay considers how God's existence or lack thereof was argued by these three philosophers. ...

In five pages Descartes' philosophies regarding education are discussed and whether or not there is any evidence of them in the co...

In five pages this essay discusses how rational foundationalism is explored by Descartes in his Meditations on the First Philosoph...

image, a form, or a judgement, and concludes that an image or what individuals perceive as form can never be false. However, erro...

his previous beliefs had rested, since he intends to analyse philosophically whether these beliefs are in fact valid, and if they ...

In five pages Descartes' Second Meditation is explored in terms of his analysis of what the perception of melting beeswax would be...

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...

examine carefully Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum" statement, which was the original Latin for "I think, therefore I exist" - or...

what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...

is a rather immense task that philosophers have been dealing with for quite some time. The fact that no one can know the answer f...

believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...

doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...

that can render a thought or a concept wrong. One can do a study one day to prove that cholesterol is bad, and then another day, a...

This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...

unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...