(A) Explain how Descartes developed Anselm’s argument that God’s existence is necessary. Anselm used the Ontological Argument to prove that God’s existence is necessary. The origins of this argument are found in Anselm’s writings‚ he began with a quotation from a Psalm “The fool says in his heart‚ ‘there is no God’…” and then reflected on the truthfulness of this. Anselm defined God as ‘that than which nothing greater can be conceived’ assuming you accept this a priori definition Anselm went on
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In response to Aristotle’s argument‚ the first that will be addressed will be his concept that virtue is the relative intermediary between the two extreme conditions of deficiency and excess‚ which is well thought out‚ logical‚ and practical. One example would be relatable to my prospective future occupation of teaching. When creating curriculum and instruction‚ the teacher must consider differentiation for all students. In short‚ this means taking into account all of the diverse learning styles
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To what extent does Gaunilo’s criticism of Anselm’s argument succeed in demonstrating that the argument fails? Gaunilo‚ a Benedictine monk and contemporary of St Anselm was the first to raise objections to Anselm’s idea that God exists by definition‚ claiming within “On behalf of the Fool” that Anselm’s argument was not logical and needed to be discredited. Gaunilo famously claimed that Anselm’s conclusion that the non-existence of God is “unintelligible” cannot show that God necessarily exists
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Dillon Patton Stephen Graham Intro to Philosophy 11-7-2012 Ontological Status The purpose of this essay is to address the problem of the ontological status of the material world and review a number of possible solutions. The term “ontological” generally refers to the idea of reality or existence. All things have an ontological status. Even if we say something does not exist‚ we would still say that thing has the ontological status of non-being. Even things we are prepared to say are real in
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Ontological approach provides us with the way to store the information that can be gained from the attack graph in a structured form. Ontology is made of entities and their interrelationships. The entities are defined as follows:Machine: Any host machine connected to the network comes in the category. All the workstations and the servers that the attacker can use to his advantage will be called as a machine. Vulnerability: Any weakness in the
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background information necessary to understand the debate and then I will present Thomson’s argument. Secondly‚ I will explain each premises of the argument with the help of some cases and scenarios. Finally‚ I will present an original objection to the argument that abortion is permissible even when the parents had protected sex. In this paragraph I will provide a little background information regarding Thomson’s argument. According to Thomson‚ “the right to life consists not in the right not to
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Incarnation‚ Atonement‚ and Anselm’s Satisfaction Various human cultures around the globe have held on to the belief that Jesus Christ was created so that God can give humans a way to make up for their sins. God sacrificed his only born son so that his creations had a way to receive eternal life. The act of selflessness portrayed by Jesus Christ gave humanity a way to reconcile with God after doing something wrong. Therefore‚ the incarnation of Jesus Christ was necessary in order for us to atone
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existence and a posteriori one? What makes St. Anselm’s proof an a priori proof? What makes St. Thomas’s five proofs posterior? The difference between a priori and a posteriori proof is based off of knowledge that is independent of experience or reasoning that is dependent upon experience. An a prior proof is an ontological argument which is the study of being; a subset of metaphysics. Also an a prior proof would lack experience to be justified. Saint Anselm’s proof is categorized as a priori proof because
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Ontologically‚ epistemologically‚ and methodologically‚ the present study fits most comfortably within the constructivist approach. On the ontological front‚ the formal model proposed in the previous chapter reflects the acceptance in the present study of the core ontological tenets of constructivism. Namely‚ I modeled constructivism’s two core ontological tenets: (1) that “social reality is constructed” and social agents are the “social constructors of their own practices and structures;” and (2)
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nature is essential within the ontological argument and many scholars have attacked the argument on this basis. My opinion is that existence cannot be seen to be a predicate of God or a predicate of anything else either. Even if we assume that existence can be seen to be a predicate that something can have‚ I believe that the ontological argument fails in proving that existence is a predicate of God. Like Hume has argued‚ the whole basis of the ontological argument‚ especially in Descartes’ more
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