as old as philosophy itself hold any relevance in a time like ours‚ where devices the size of our palms give us innumerable resources to extend our knowledge? Well‚ if we fast-forward over a millennium from Socrates in the 5th century B.C. to‚ what we may call‚ the father of modern western philosophy‚ Rene Descartes‚ one might assume that‚ even then‚ the quote does not apply. But one of Descartes’ most well-known arguments is almost born from it. Descartes’ dream argument fuels
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individual is entitled right of liberty and privacy‚ the government may interfere with the privacy of individual for security reasons. People need to feel and be safe in their homes. Surveillance by use of street cameras‚ phone tapping‚ email screening‚ metal detector screening and other measures have been put in place to help identify and track suspicious people that may be terrorists. However‚ every good thing has its down side. The technologies applied are not restrictive to terrorists only but
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Can scientific evidence prove there is a personal concerned‚ God outside the universe? Lee Strobel very early in his teenage years decided that based on the evolutionary thought of Darwin and later others prominent theology‚ there could not be a God who loved humans personally and created a universe by design. He went on to college where he became a sincere atheist. However he could not remain content there for long because as he admits he was always searching for answers as his career in journalism
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Among Immanuel Kant’s (1724–1804) most influential contributions to philosophy is his development of the transcendental argument. In Kant’s conception‚ an argument of this kind begins with a compelling premise about our thought‚ experience‚ or knowledge‚ and then reasons to a conclusion that is a substantive and unobvious presupposition and necessary condition of this premise. The crucial steps in this reasoning are claims to the effect that a subconclusion or conclusion is a presupposition and necessary
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of happiness‚ sad etc.‚ But by incorporating some additional algorithms and hardwares these computer can be made to act as a conscious object. Hence‚ the final fact is a physical object can never be conscious. Hence mind is not a physical object Argument 4: Doubt and existence According to Descartes he agues his own existence based on his dream and he led the premise as follows‚ A) I can doubt that I have a body. The
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How successful is the Design Argument? The argument from design‚ otherwise known as the teleological argument‚ is an argument for the existence of God based upon the empirical evidence of the design of nature. The argument form design is considered as part of Natural theology. Defined Natural theology is a set of arguments that argue for the existence‚ in which their aim is not presuppose a belief in God‚ but rather have their starting point with the existence of the world‚ the order and purpose
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the 18th century used legal‚ economic‚ and religious arguments to defend slavery. They were able to do so effectively because all three of these reasons provide ample support of the peculiar institution that was so vital to the South. Legally speaking‚ the constitution offered numerous arguments for slavery and clearly protected the protected the people’s rights to own slaves. The 3/5 clause clearly states that slaves are subordinate being who belong enslaved. This compromise also exposes the
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known as the land of opportunity‚ provides the greatest chance for progress and success. The land of the free provides equal opportunity for all who are willing to work for their piece of the American Dream. Or so it has been perceived. On the contrary‚ this is a man’s world that we live in today‚ but as the famed James Brown sang‚ “But it wouldn’t be nothing‚ nothing without a woman or a girl”. Congress plays a crucial role in politics. With that being said women who have a seat in congress can use
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Tiffany Blunt February 4‚ 2015 Assignment on Evaluate an Argument Deductive and inductive reasoning is an interesting topic that is widely available on internet. Deductive arguments are arguments by the arguer to be valid and logical that is they have to provide justification‚ guarantee and proof for the derived conclusion. The premises that are presented by arguer should be strong and powerful enough to use it as a proof; it must guarantee conclusions. If a valid argument has true conclusions
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To Plato‚ there existed fundamental patterns in the universe‚ Forms so pure and unblemished that most people will never know them‚ even as they act as existence in its purest form. All around us‚ everyday objects toe the line between these pure existences‚ never committing to one yet never abandoning one. To those few who could gaze upon these paradigms and look beyond the pale imitations in every object‚ Plato gave the name Philosophers. In the Book V of the Republic‚ Plato’s definition of philosophers
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