Essays and Research Papers on More Philosophers

This 3 page paper evaluates this case that concerns the release of email to a decedent's family. Philosophical theory is used. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 10 page paper looks at the life and works of the eighteenth century Scottish philosopher David Hume. Hume, better known in his own time as a historian rather than a philosopher is now seen as one of the most influential thinkers of the empiricist school. His works spanned many years, including the well known ...

This 5 page paper explores this early philosopher's dreaming argument which questions how one knows whether they are dreaming or awake. The scope of that argument, and how it applies to life in general, is discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3-page paper attempts to make the link between thought and reality, starting with Descartes' "cogito ergo sum" and moving to today's views. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

5 pages in length. True knowledge – or the Absolute – is what Hegel aspired to grasp through consciousness. His desire to achieve such an all-encompassing objective was meant to start at the beginning with the very basic of all knowledge – sense knowledge – and escalate directly to the top to absolute ...

In seven pages this paper presents the pros and cons of the death penalty issue and then presents an argument based upon classical/choice theory that considers committing crimes to be an act of free will and that punishment should serve as a crime deterrence. Two sources are cited in the bibliography.

This 4 page paper examines this well known problem in Hume's writings. Examples are provided. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper defines values, beliefs, and ethics and applies them to one another and to how we exist in regard to and, in fact, form societal expectations. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 11 page paper discusses Thomas Aquinas’s theory of just war, and whether or not it still applies. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

An 11 page research paper that discusses the aesthetic perspective of the famous German philosopher, focusing on his text Truth and Method. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses art with reference to aesthetics and the concepts of beauty and the sublime. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of Hume's skepticism. The argument from "On Miracles" is analyzed from an empirical epistemological perspective. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page research paper that addresses specific questions pertaining to the political and moral philosophies of Aristotle, Hobbes, and Machiavelli. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 7 page paper reports and discusses philosophies regarding capitalism. The philosophers discussed are Locke, Smith, Aquinas, and Marx. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the idea of free will and how it relates to Frunkfurt's concpts of first and second order desires. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper considers two questions about Marx and his theories of labor and wealth: first, is labor today really alienated and second, how would Marx close the gap between rich and poor, and how would President Obama do it? Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4-page paper discusses targeting marketing at children and whether it is morally and ethically right or wrong based on several different ethical theories. There are 5 sources cited.

4 pages in length. Applying the third of Confucius' philosophical concerns to his stages of life helps people to understand the ripple effect their actions have upon the world as a whole. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page paper which examines autonomy and community, as more important perspectives, based on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay Self-Reliance. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This is an 8 page paper that provides an overview of the Vancouver riots of 2011. The philosophy of Hobbes is used to analyze the causes and nature of those riots. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is a 9 page paper that provides an overview of same-sex marriage. Various philosophical perspectives related to politics, ethics, and religion are examined. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 3-page paper discusses whether it's okay to lie for a friend, and why it's not. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper explores how Descartes regarded doubt as a thing or substance. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the philosophical debate on the question of whether or not humans should eat animals. This paper considers the pro-animal rights views embodied by author J.M. Coetzee's “The Lives of Animals”. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

In three pages this paper critically examines Ibn Sina’s contributions to philosophy. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.