Essays Tagged: "A Treatise of Human Nature"

Vernunft als Begriff der Aufklärung bei Hume und Kant

Inhaltsverzeichnis1.Einleitung......................................................................... ... ...................................................................................32. Die Zeit der Aufklärung....................................................................................5 ... solutismus.................................................................62.2. Die politische Situation in England zur Zeit der Aufklärung.............82.3. Die politische Situation in Deutschl ...

(23 pages) 24 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Hume's treatment of cognitive difficulties and their resolutions is his 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.'

In this essay I will attempt to outline and then analyse Hume's treatment of cognitive difficulties and their r ... Hume's treatment of cognitive difficulties and their resolution in his work; 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.' As is the demand of this assignment, the focus of this response will be on sectio ... the focus of this response will be on section IV and V of this Enquiry. I feel however it is necessary for me, in order to deal effectively with this task, to first give a brief outline of sections I ...

(10 pages) 106 1 1.7 Nov/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Can the Human Model of Personal Identity as the Bundle Theory be Examined in the Context of Spider Man II?

The questions relating to personal identity keep on multiplying in number as and when some partial answers are suppli ... hen some partial answers are supplied to the preceding questions. Be it Locke's conception of personal identity or that of Descartes, the sceptic attribute cannot be gotten rid off despite establishin ... artes, the sceptic attribute cannot be gotten rid off despite establishing a philosophical basis to attribute the term personal identity. It is in the mist of such scepticism that Hume provides a solu ...

(10 pages) 19 0 1.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

A Treatise of Human Nature

Hume in his work "Treatise of Human Nature" says that all our actions are the result of the way we perceive things. Hume ... that all our actions are the result of the way we perceive things. Hume talks about morality and reasons and distinguishes them from one another. He tries to make us clear what differentiates vice fr ... from one another. He tries to make us clear what differentiates vice from virtue, is it morals or reasons. Morality is rather practical and it is supposed to influence our passions and actions but in ...

(1 pages) 12 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Aesthetics and Nature: The Dream of Sublimity

In initially tackling this topic a clear definition of what is being tackled has to be established. The diff ... ition of what is being tackled has to be established. The difference between beauty and the sublime also has to be brought up as this is not an analogy of the beautiful, but has to do with the sublime ... s not an analogy of the beautiful, but has to do with the sublime. The argument in the greater Hippias is that the beautiful, “either is, or depends upon, what is beneficial or what pleases throu ...

(5 pages) 10 0 0.0 Aug/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Skeptical Empiricism

Hume's and Locke's Skeptical Empiricism � PAGE �1� Running Head: Hume's and Locke's Sk ... GE �1� Running Head: Hume's and Locke's Skeptical EmpiricismHume's and Locke's Skeptical Empiricism[The Writer's Name][The Name of the Institution]�Hume's and Locke's Skeptical Em ... Name][The Name of the Institution]�Hume's and Locke's Skeptical EmpiricismThe doctrine of innate ideas is most significant in the development of empiricism since it points in the direction of t ...

(4 pages) 10 0 0.0 Apr/2012

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

How far is Descartes’ Argument from Indivisibility successful as a justification for the need of a metaphysical distinction between mind and body?

How far is Descartes' Argument from Indivisibility successful as a justification for the need of a metaph ... ndivisibility successful as a justification for the need of a metaphysical distinction between mind and body? Descartes introduces the argument from indivisibility by positing what he discerns as the ... ent from indivisibility by positing what he discerns as the fundamental difference between the mind and body, stating that "...the body is by its very nature always divisible while the mind is utterly ...

(3 pages) 1 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy