First Paper Assignment; Hume on Customs and Habits “Custom‚ then‚ is the great guide of human life. It is that principle alone which renders our experience useful to us‚ and makes us expect‚ for the future‚ a similar train of events with those which have appeared in the past. Without the influence of custom‚ we should be entirely ignorant of every matter of fact beyond what is immediately present to the memory and senses. We should never know how to adjust means to ends‚ or to employ our natural
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the teleological argument‚ or the argument from design. Arguments from design are arguments concerning God or some type of creator’s existence based on the ideas of order or purpose in universe. Hume takes on the approach of arguing against the argument of design‚ while Paley argues for it. Although Hume and Paley both provide very strong arguments‚ a conclusion will be drawn at the end to distinguish which philosophiser holds a stronger position. Throughout this essay I will be examining arguments
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religious experience‚ how it will be used and the constraints that define it. Next we will show how a religious experience is actually a miracle and that they are one and the same thing. This leads us on to how miracles justify a belief in god but how Hume argues against miracles by his attack on personal testimonies. From this the main argument will be that religious experiences (miracles) can be an individual and collective justification for a belief in god but are not a strong argument for the existence
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Hume and Kant offered two differing views on morality. Hume’s philosophy regarding moral theory came from the belief that reason alone can never cause action. Desire or thoughts cause action. Because reason alone can never cause action‚ morality is rooted in us and our perception of the world and what we want to gain from it. Virtue arises from acting on a desire to help others. Hume’s moral theory is therefore a virtue-centered morality rather than the natural-law morality‚ which saw morality as
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2010 Descartes and Hume: Piece of Wax In Descartes’ “Meditation II‚” he begins his look into sensory perceptions with a very in-depth look into a plain piece of wax. He explains that there is a very distinct piece of wax‚ perhaps from a fresh honeycomb. All the physical attributes of this wax can be observed; feel‚ temperature‚ color‚ taste‚ smell‚ odor; these are the things we can tell through our senses. He then melts away the wax‚ and the things our senses had perceived are no longer there
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In Hume’s On Miracles‚ Hume joins an argument that was occurring at the time on miracles and their place in the foundations of the Christian Faith. Hume‚ however‚ comes to the conclusion that we cannot be justified in our belief in any miracles. I believe that Hume does provide a valid‚ defensible argument in the claim that we are not justified in our belief of miracles and we can provide answers to problems that may arise from statements in his argument. Although Hume’s original argument is in my
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disapproval (blame) felt by spectators who contemplate a character trait or action (see Section 7). (4) While some virtues and vices are natural (see Section 13)‚ others‚ including justice‚ are artificial (see Section 9). There is heated debate about what Hume intends by each of these theses and how he argues for them. He articulates and defends them within the broader context of his metaethics and his ethic of virtue and vice. Hume’s main ethical writings are Book 3 of his Treatise of Human Nature‚ “Of
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The pursuit of luxury is one that enhances the gratification of the senses; it is this refinement that can be innocent or vicious. According to Hume‚ the pursuit of innocent indulgence is permitted‚ but when they are pursued at the expense of some virtue they become a vice. Vicious luxury is a vice in the way it “engrosses all a man’s expenses and leaves no ability for such acts if duty and generosity as are required by his situation and fortune” (P. 279). The distinction between the two luxuries
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arguments were actually responding to the argument as outlined by thinkers such as Plato‚ Cicero and Aquinas. Hume analyses four of the main premises laid out in a standard Teleological argument and deconstructs them in order to find fault within the logic. The first one that I shall present is Hume’s argument to disparage the claim that one can find only order and good design within the universe. Hume throws the omnipotence and benevolence of God into question when he highlights the fact that there is much
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‘The design arguments prove God’s existence’. Assess this view. (30 marks) Design arguments‚ also sometimes known as teleological arguments‚ from the Greek ‘Telos’ for goal and ‘Logos’‚ meaning reason‚ hence reasoning for a goal or purpose and that purpose being God’s existence. These arguments endeavour to ascertain God’s existence‚ by inferring from evidence of design and purpose in the universe‚ and claim that there must have been a designer of this. Design arguments start from experience
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