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    From the arguments discussed in class‚ I choose to evaluate Thomas Aquinas’ Cosmological Argument. Aquinas offers a believable case for the existence of God through five arguments. The arguments are “a posteriori arguments” with five strategies (Aquinas 52). The first argues that there is an unmoved mover that originated all motion but the mover‚ itself‚ does not move. The second argument concludes: “there must be a first cause to explain the existence of cause” (Aquinas 52). The third argument says

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    The Motionless Arrow: Aristotle’s Thoughts on Zeno’s Arror Argument Aristotle’s thoughts on Zeno’s Arrow Argument as represented in Chapter 9 of Aristotle’s Physics: A Guided Study can be understood in such a way that it might not be "next door to madness". In this chapter‚ Aristotle interprets Zeno’s argument of the Flying Arrow as "missing the mark". There are four premises for this argument‚ and in Aristotle’s opinion‚ premise three can be rejected. He does not believe that time is composed

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    Sugar is such a relevant issue in today’s society because the western world is getting fatter and fatter and its becoming more concerning. In Australia 63% of people are obese/ overweight. The escalation of more fast food chains being opened up is making sugar harder to avoid‚ weather its in processed food that you don’t know have such a high content‚ or‚ in food that are just unhealthy. What effects does sugar have on the human body? Eating sugary foods all the time tricks the body into certain

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    reducing sugar content of dry raisin and fresh grape 2. Introduction: i) Principle of Benedict’s test Reducing sugar can reduce Cu2+ into Cu+ and form a bricked-red precipitate (copper(I) oxide) which is insoluble in water. ii) Use of Benedict’s test Benedict’s test can show the presence of reducing sugar (all monosaccharide and disaccharide‚ except sucrose). Add Benedict’s solution into food samples (solution). Then mix them up and put into a water bath for 5 minutes. If reducing sugar is presence

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    Aquinas Argument

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    Aquinas’s Argument During the medieval time period Christianity was practiced by over one-third of the European population. At that time‚ all European philosophers had three different types of arguments to prove the existence of God: the Ontological argument‚ which stated that God‚ by nature‚ must exist; the Teleological argument‚ which stated that the world we live in was made by intelligent design. Therefore‚ a designer must exist to be able to make such a perfect world. Lastly‚ there is the

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    “Explain the argument from religious experience for the existence of God.”30 marks Expect different forms of the argument from religious experience‚ e.g. inductive argument‚ direct awareness‚ cumulative argument. Also expect reference to Swinburne’s principle of credulity and principle of testimony. Maximum Level 2 if summary of types of religious experience with no reference to argument for God. ------------------------------------------------- Level 7 for one fully developed argument‚ or two that

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    The Design Argument

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    The Design Argument Saint Thomas Aquinas was a Catholic Priest in the Dominican Order and a very important medieval philosopher and theologian. He wrote a book‚ SummaTheologiae‚ presenting five proofs of God’s existence. Each of Aquina’s arguments begins with an observation that is supposed to be easily understood by everyone. Aquina’s fifth argument for the existence of God is what has come to be called the Argument from Design. The Design argument is one of three arguments about the

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    Part B. The ontological argument is a convincing argument. Discuss. The ontological argument was first made famous in the 11th century by St Anslem from Canterbury and was later taken further by French philosopher Rene Descartes. The debate is an attempt to confirm God’s existence as a priori argument. It does not rely on observations of the world around us it simply uses logic and the idea that it is illogical to say that God does not exist as its main factor. There are three elements to St

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    Argument From Design

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    To deliberate upon this argument and determine a personal standpoint is a difficult task. However‚ it is clear that “the argument from design” in all of the forms in which it appears‚ is an argument th agreeing with. While every argument has flaws‚ and there are many objections to “the argument from design” specifically‚ the argument itself presents clear reasons to at least consider its correctness. To begin‚ much of science is based on observation and‚ as “the argument from design” is based on

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    a. Outline the Key Concepts of the Design Argument [21 marks] The design argument is also referred to at the Teleological Argument stemmed from the Greek work ‘Telos’ meaning end or purpose. It is an ‘A posterior’ argument (from experience) based on our empirical senses and it is synthetic meaning that it is from observation. The argument is also inductive meaning there a number of possible conclusions. The main basis of the Teleological argument is based on a designer commonly known as ‘the

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