YANN MARTEL: LIFE OF PI A Research Paper Submitted to the School of Information Technology MAPÚA – IT CENTER Makati City In Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirements in INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY HUM14 Submitted by: Carl Diane R. Namuag Submitted to: Dr. Reynaldo A. Padilla JUNE 2013 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my gratitude to the people who have helped me and supported me throughout this research
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components of Thomas Aquinas’ cosmological argument for the existence of God are the argument from first motion‚ the argument from first cause‚ the argument from degrees‚ and the argument from the contingent. The argument from first motion is practically the thought that because things move in the universe and something else caused those things to move‚ then there must be an initial mover—that initial mover is God (Vaughn 64-65). Aquinas’ second argument is that from first-cause‚ this is basically
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people who are strong and faithful Christians‚ and try harder when they are praying. However‚ if they still don’t feel the presence of God when praying‚ they may begin to question the actual existence of God. This can sometimes lead to agnosticism or atheism. Another reason that may lead people to believe that there is no God; are unanswered prayers. Christians believe that God answers their prayers‚ and loves and cares for everyone. In church‚ they may be given examples of answered prayers. For
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Canterbury1‚ the ontological argument was born in the early 1100’s. The ontological point of view‚ according to St. Anselm‚ describes God as “a being than which no greater can be conceived”.2 St. Anselm concluded that if such being failed to exist‚ another even greater being could be conceived that does exist. This argument would be illogical‚ as no being can be greater than the greatest being. Therefore God must exist. As you can see‚ St. Anselm’s ontological argument attempts to prove the existence
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Hume’s arguments against the existence of God are not logical or valid for three reasons: the reality and complexity of the universe is evidence for the existence of God; the nature of a miracle is that it interrupts the closed‚ natural world; and the fact of free
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Competing worldviews are breaking out everywhere especially throughout North America. Two sides with vastly differing and incompatible worldviews are being locked in a bitter conflict that permeates every level of society. On one side of the battle is the Christian worldview‚ and on the other is the Humanist worldview divided into three branches: Secular Humanism‚ Marxism/Leninism‚ and Cosmic Humanism. It’s in this essay that we will seek to understand all of the three Humanist worldviews while presenting
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INTRODUCTION Australian Philosopher and atheist‚ H.J. McCloskey published an article titled “On Being an Atheist” in 1968. In this article he offers arguments and what he refers to as “proofs” that a theists’ beliefs in an omnipotent‚ omniscient God should be disregarded. McCloskey bases his article on the Cosmological argument‚ the Teleological argument‚ on the problem of evil and ends his writing discussing why he claims that being an atheist offers more comfort than a theist has from a belief in
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Bibliography: Beilby‚ James. Thinking about Christian apologetics: what is is and why we do it. Downers Gove‚ IL: InterVarsity Press‚ 2011. Brown‚ Neil. "The New Atheism and The Existence of God.” Compass‚ 46‚ no. 3‚ 2-5. Kensington‚ Australia: Compass‚ Spring 2012. Dawkins‚ Richard. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design. New York: W.W. Norton‚ 1986. Dembski‚ William
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a fact for me and why I don’t need proof of his existence. Looking at several religions that my family has been a part of as well as I have been to show the difference in religions. Is Religion and Science in conflict? Is there a rational argument for Atheism? You will see that I do believe in God but I also believe in other spirits and religions as well. God’s Existence The reason I know God exists is because in 2005 I was hooked to crack cocaine. I lost my children‚ and I was on the verge of
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makes up life. One of the most critical arguments that claim that there must be a God is the Kalem Cosmological argument‚ which uses the universe’s mere existence or the beginning of the universe’s existence to claim that whatever has a beginning‚ must have a cause‚ insinuating that the cause of the universe’s beginning is in theory‚ God. Though with creative intellect in further questioning it’s impossible for one not to question that the Cosmological argument may be correct in theory‚ but does the
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