... the mind has an inherent ability to reason and seek knowledge. Unlike Plato, Hume believes that only those things experienced by man's senses can lead to knowledge and man's mind is cannot reason without impressions and experiences. This paper will use Plato's "Allegory of the Cave", to demonstrate the validity of both philosophies on man's reasoning and his ability to gain knowledge. In his " ... then would have the ability to reason and find knowledge without physical impressions and experiences. This paper clearly shows that Plato's mistrust of the senses is based on a false worl...

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... more philosophical than religious arguments. Religion tells people what to believe in, but neglects to allow people to have the flexibility to interpret or act on the belief as they see fit too. Many governments, authorities and religions would in fact be better read and intentioned if they did not command that people respect human life, but worked toward making human life better ... of living. A value life life affirmation is not convincing when imposed as an obligation. If a person is forced to live, it could hardly constitute the affirmation of their life. When Hume looks at whether ...

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... reason or experience. Two branches within epistemology are rationalism and empiricism. They differ regarding their knowledge basis; the source of their concepts and ideas. Rationalism and empiricism are very plainly the direct opposite of each other. Rationalism is the belief in innate ideas, reason, and the process of deduction. Empiricism is the belief in sense perception, induction, and that there are no innate ideas. Rationalists rely on ... reason can be developed from experience. One is "relations of ideas", or things such as mathematics and logic, which can be considered certain ...

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... sensation, which is when we turn our sense toward that world and receive information in the form of sight, sounds, smells, and touch. Through our senses we receives ideas such as sweet, loud, blue etc. Reflection is when we turn our mind on itself and receive ideas as thought, belief, doubt and will. 3. Primary and Secondary Qualities: Locke defines primary qualities as things actually in ... the world such as size, shape and motion that we perceive in the objects. Secondary qualities do not resemble qualities in the world such as ... been instead consequent skepticism that questions c...

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