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that conscious experience is common at many levels of animal life, and Nagel (1974) uses the assumption that non-human animal form...

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

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 ...

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

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

a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...

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

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...

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

This paper consists of 12 pages and concerns asking famous philosophers such as George Berkeley, Rene Descartes, John Wisdom, Davi...

In five pages the argument that Scottish philosopher David Hume was a racist is considered. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

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

contends that Humes definition of "cause" (using reason to infer existence), as "a bastard of the imagination, impregnated by expe...

In five pages this essay discusses David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Aristotle by contrasting and comparing their philosophies regard...

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts the perspectives on war featured in Fly Away Peter by David Malouf and Candide by ...

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

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...

this sentiment and states that it is good when each individual realizes their talents and abilities to their fullest. Speaking in ...

Hume was often at odds with other philosophers when it came to his personal perception of human nature and the ways of life....

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

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...

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...

supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...

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...

points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...

However, we can also argue that the proof f this truth made no difference to whether the belief was true, being true even before i...

(Washington State University, 2004). Plato asserts that our perceptions are essentially "shadows" of real objects. In ot...

"experienced" internally in some manner, as well as externally via touch or logical use of the item in daily living. In thi...