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    A conflict arose when the principles that backed up their actions disagreed with each other. Antigone’s side of the conflict held a gods’ law is the way approach‚ as opposed to the "I am king" approach Creon chose to follow. The variation in the beliefs‚ opinions‚ and moral views of Antigone and Creon were constantly disputed through out the play. Antigone felt that Creon was disregarding the laws of gods through his law. After she was captured and brought to Creon‚ she told him‚ "Your edict‚ King

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    Superstitious Beliefs How Do They Affect a Believer’s Faith? Some particular adherents of various religious faiths will often argue that superstitious belief and religion are fundamentally different types of beliefs. But how do these two differ and how does one affect the other? The Roman Catholic Church has been considered the largest Christian church in the world‚ having more than a billion members. The church is usually what associates with the word "faith" and so the believers range from the

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    “The verification principle offers no real challenge to religious belief.” Discuss [35] The verification principle is a significant concept used by many philosophers in order to determine whether a religious statement is meaningful or not. This was highly influenced by logical positivism: group of 20th century philosophers called the Vienna circle and was then further developed by British philosopher A.J Ayer. Religious language refer to statements such as ‘God exists’ and ‘God loves me’. Whilst

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    The status of some popular sports athletes believe they have the right to be outspoken about their beliefs on the sports field. One of these popular athletes is Tim Tebow‚ acknowledged by many as the greatest player in the history of college football. His status confirms that Tebow went onto playing in the National football League for the Denver Broncos and New York Jets his popularity was evidence for his faith. After being traded by the Denver Broncos in 2010‚ his number fifteen has become the

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    Problem"‚ is knowledge defined as justified true belief. The idea of justified true belief declares that in order for a given proposition to be true‚ one must believe more than the relevant true proposition‚ but also to have justification for doing so. Gettier argues that the traditional conditions for knowledge in the JTB (justified true belief) model are not sufficient. In other words‚ in some cases‚ meeting the 3 conditions‚ which are truth‚ belief and justification‚ are not enough to count something

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    Does Clifford offer a convincing view of religious faith? In his article “The Ethics of Belief (Clifford‚ 1877) W.K. Clifford sought to argue that “it is wrong always‚ everywhere‚ and for anyone‚ to believe anything upon insufficient evidence” (as cited on p190). The aim of this essay is to establish whether indeed this view offered by Clifford‚ when considering religious faith‚ is convincing. In order to do this I will consider the arguments that Clifford put forward‚ including that which to

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    Summary of Edmund Gettier

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    Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? According to Plato’s theory that knowledge is justified true belief‚ in order to know that a given proposition is true‚ one must not only believe the relevant true proposition‚ but one must also have a good reason for doing so. In his paper‚ Edmund Gettier argued that there are situations in which one’s belief may be justified and true‚ yet fail to count as knowledge. He presented two examples to show that it is possible for a person to be justified in believing

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    Edmund Gettier challenged the classical analysis of knowledge as justified true belief‚ demonstrating two cases where a true and justified belief is held‚ but not necessarily knowledge - Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? (1963). Showing that justification is insufficient for demarcating mere true beliefs from knowledge as belief and truth can correlate by luck. In what follows‚ section-one will outline the classical analysis of knowledge and Gettier’s challenge to it‚ focusing on Gettier’s first

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    something or someone whether it’s God‚ themselves‚ or material objects. Do they even know what faith is? According to Webster’s New World Dictionary‚ the definition is‚ in a nut shell‚ “unquestioning belief and complete trust.” With that said it broadens the idea of faith. I believe faith is an absolute belief in someone or something. Now let us explore what the basic concept of what faith is not. Faith is not mistrust or doubt. So although you may believe someone is telling the truth‚ the fact of the

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    Gettier completely shatters the analysis of knowledge held for hundreds of years by epistemologists through counterexamples displaying that a belief can be true and justified‚ but not constitute as knowledge. Michael Clark attempts to fix these problems presented by Gettier by adding another condition‚ in which a proposition would not only have to be a belief that’s true and justified‚ but also be fully grounded. In what follows‚ I will argue that Michael Clark’s analysis does not assist in solving

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