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    Design Defect Stark can use the theory of defective design in its case against Ford by making the claim that the seat belt was defectively designed. The Plaintiff must provide evidence that supports the idea that the manufacturer‚ Ford‚ did not use reasonable care when designing the seat belt. Ford will want to argue that the average consumer would not find the seat belt unreasonably dangerous. Another point that Ford might argue is the issue of viability‚ due to constraints on resources and

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    Hume- Impressions = experiences perception of self. Many people have presupposed perceptions of self. Many consider Hume to be archaic. 17th century worldview presupposes science and science’s worldview of understanding nature. Wood has a view of nature as mechanistic‚ Hume shares Wood’s view. With Hume it’s presupposed. People often jump to Wood’s presuppositions without questioning his initial reasoning. Science is essentially mathematics applied to nature. Ledger Wood says everything is

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    not vary with the relationships the person‚ whose character trait is being evaluated‚ has with us. It is therefore counterintuitive for Hume to have his account of morality based on sympathy‚ which apparently possesses such a biased character. When two persons‚ with different relationships with us‚ share

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    Hume and Descartes on The Theory of Ideas David Hume and Rene Descartes are philosophers with opposing views about the origination of ideas. Descartes believed there were three types of ideas which are‚ innate‚ adventitious and those from imagination. He stated since he exists and his idea of what a perfect being is‚ such as God‚ then God exists. Hume‚ on the other had‚ believed ideas came only from one thing‚ impressions. Both theories have their strengths and weaknesses but I like Hume’s theory

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    From the origin of Western philosophical thought‚ there has always been an interest in moral laws . As Hume points out in A Treatise of Human Nature‚ ¡§morality is a subject that interests us above all others.¡¨ Originally‚ thoughts of how to live were centered on the issue of having the most satisfying life with ¡§virtue governing one¡¦s relations to others¡¨‚ as written by J. B. Schneewind in Modern Moral Philosophy. Nevertheless‚ the view that there is one way to live that is best for everyone

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    they can relate to‚ so they can communicate their responses for a proper education (Snauwaert‚ 2012) David Hume‚ the man credited as the first to question the method of induction‚ hypothesized that the main problem of induction was assuming that all events in the future will happen as they did in the past. Hume rejected the idea that experience can be used as “proof” of future outcomes. Hume expressed that the “problem of induction” cannot claim that a past result predicts the future. Teachers must

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    Student Name Professor Name Course Name Date Contrast of Hume and Descartes Before any clarifications are made‚ differences between Descartes and Hume are made. Renee Descartes began his search for answers in solitude and presented his findings in a manner as if they were the fruits of his meditations. In his book‚ Meditation on First Philosophy‚ Descartes‚ in his path to absolute certainty‚ discarded all his pre-held notion that he had. In this endeavour to find ideas and truths that

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    epistemology‚ meaning the study of knowledge. This is where the works or David Hume and René Descartes come into play. Hume was a Scottish philosopher whose epistemological work revolved around the idea that our senses relay the truth to us. Descartes believed did not trust

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    Pragmatism‚ Empiricism and David Hume Pragmatism is based on the philosophy that ideas must be tested and re-tested‚ that experiences dictate reality. Pragmatists also believe in no absolute truths or values existing. David Hume argues that‚ "no proof can be derived from any fact‚ of which we are so intimately conscious; nor is there anything of which we can be certain‚ if we doubt this" (Treatise 2645). Hume’s empiricist ideals were roots to early pragmatic thought‚ by way of the theory that

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    Hume believed that all morality was the product of habit or custom. He also claimed that it was our sentiments that was influencing human moral and actions. We use these sentiments‚ or feelings‚ to find a conjunction between the motive‚ not the reason‚ behind an action and actually performing the action itself. Hume believed that our sentiments had the power to result in specific actions. At a certain point‚ this means we are predetermined to act as we do. These sentiments control our actions to

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