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David Hume’s “Obligation of Promises”
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This 8 page report discusses Scottish philosopher and writer David Hume’s (1711-1776) thinking on the “obligation of promises” as expressed in his “Treatise of Human Nature.” Hume believed that participation in a just society requires an individual’s obligation to the promise to support that government. It is not based on fear but what Hume referred to as “enlightened self-interest.” Hume was certain that freedom and exchange in the marketplace depend on obligation to promises. As a result, compliance to government is also required in order to keep one’s promises. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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David Hume’s “On the Standard of Taste”
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A 5 page paper which examines Hume’s position on the rules governing art, by outlining the arguments he presents for and against, considers whether or not his arguments have any flaws, how his interpretation compares with Plato’s and discusses which argument is more persuasive and why. No additional sources are used.
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David Hume’s Ideas Regarding Art and Good Taste
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This 11 page report discusses Scottish philosopher and writer David Hume (1711-1776) who stated that art is not “a form of understanding or morality” and that art “does not fall under the concepts of necessity or freedom.” This report looks at such statements in the context of Hume’s skepticism and addresses how such ideas fit in with Hume’s larger views on utilitarianism. The writer of the report does agree with Hume’s assertion that art should be done for it's own sake, independent of objective law and morality. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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David Hume/Dialogues
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A 5 page research paper that examines eighteenth century philosopher David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. The writer gives an overall view of the work, discussing the main points of Hume's thesis and the structure of the work. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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David Hume/On the Immortality of the Soul
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A 4 page analysis of Hume's essay "On the Immortality of the Soul." In this essay, Hume expressed skepticism regarding all of the arguments prevalent at that time that presented the soul as immortal and argued that belief in the soul's immortality cannot be proven, but must be accepted on faith and divine revelation. No additional sources cited.
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David Hume: Radical Empiricist's Principle
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6 pages in length. David Hume asserts the radical empiricists principle: "All our ideas come from impressions." The manner by which one could determine the implications this principle has upon the remainder of Hume's philosophy is to digest the philosopher's theories as a whole, rather than compartmentalizing them into individual sectors. Indeed, some may argue that Hume is not consistent in his application of this treatment; however, when one looks more closely at the fundamental basis of Hume's collective thoughts, it becomes significantly easier to see that his consistency is not worthy of questioning. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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David Hume: Skepticism, Understanding, and Resolution
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This 5 page report discusses the work of Scottish philosopher and writer David Hume (1711-1776) regarding and his skepticism related to the processes of human understanding. Those issues and doubts are presented, as well as how Hume resolves such doubts. Bibliography lists 4 sources. BWhuinq.rtf
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David Tracy’s Understanding of Hermeneutics and Its Application to Theology
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This is a 12 page paper discussing David Tracy’s understanding of hermeneutics and its application to theology. As a representative of the Chicago School of theology, David Tracy along with his colleagues has challenged the traditional approach to theology with one which is considered more “correlational”. In other words, the Scriptures along with all classic texts cannot be interpreted without taking into account their contextual influences. Correlational theology studies not only the classical theological interpretation of religious texts but also depends a great deal upon the cooperation between “other interpreters of the human condition” including anthropologists, philosophers, sociologists, psychologists and literary scholars among many others (Jeanrond, 1998). This approach also reflects some of the basic concepts of nonfoundationalism as proposed by Thiel (1994) which has fundamental problems with the traditional Christian assumptions which are readily accepted in the interpretation of the Scriptures and also advocates the inclusion of contextual influences on theological study. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Death and the Maiden
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(5 pp) Death and the Maiden is 1995 film staring Weaver and Kinsley played to mixed reviews and is being used to discuss philosophy is this paper.
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DECARTES, PLATO AND SENSATION RELATED TO KNOWLEDGE
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This 5-page paper compares and contrasts Plato and Descartes and their views on use of the senses as they pertain to knowledge acquisition. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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