Shows tagged with : Hume

  • January 08 : The Examined Year - 2011
    A new year offers an opportunity to reflect on significant moments of the past twelve months.  But what ideas and events that took shape over...
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  • March 27 : Desire
    There are two ways to have your desires fulfilled: you can either get what you want (if you're lucky enough) or change your desires.  If we can...
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  • October 03 : Overcoming the Terror of Death
    To many death is terrifying. But why? As David Hume pointed out, all the years we didn't exist before we were born seemed painless enough. Why worry...
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  • November 29 : From the Minds of Babies
    Consciousness, morality, meaning and truth have perplexed and puzzled generations upon generations of philosophers. But could it be that we have been...
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  • July 12 : Islamic Philosophy
    Some of the many topics discussed in Islamic philosophy are the Qur'an, knowledge, dreams, justice, poetry, reality, prophethood, peace, and the...
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  • February 15 : Immortality and the Afterlife
    Many religions contemplate some form of personal continued existence after death: reincarnation in another body, or continued being in some vastly...
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  • July 20 : Believing in God
    Some have argued that there aren't any good arguments for believing in God. Is belief in God just an act of faith without reason? Plenty of...
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  • May 18 : Karl Popper
    Karl Popper is a landmark figure in the philosophy of science.  His notion of "falsifiability" endures to this day and even appears in arguments...
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  • November 18 : Islamic Philosophy
    Some of the many topics discussed in Islamic philosophy are the Qur'an, knowledge, dreams, justice, poetry, reality, prophethood, peace, and the...
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  • October 21 : Predicting the Future
    People who predict the future well are sometimes said to be psychic. But we all make predictions about the future, with more or less success. We...
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    Summer is the perfect time to dig in to deep reading. Heidegger's Being and Time may be a bit much to take to the beach, but there are lots of...
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