The Ontological Argument P| 1. Definition: God is that being than which no greater being can be conceived. P| 2. God exists in the mind (we think of God). A| 3.Assume God exists only in the mind but not in reality (Atheism) 3 4. Then we can conceive of a being just like God but which also exists in reality. P | 5. Existence is perfection. If two things are alike in all respects except the first exists in reality and the second
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Boethius’ main concern was in showing that god rewards and punishes justly. In order for Boethius to successfully address this concern and answer it convincingly‚ he must explain the problem of evil and suffering in our world‚ as well as explain how God can exist with his specific attributes and still allow for us to have free will. Such issues raise three important questions relating to; time and where God is within it‚ the two kinds of necessity and God’s divine foreknowledge. On analysis of these
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the traditional idea of God. It has be known that the most weighty of the arguments against God’s existence is of course the problem of evil. This argument has been known to draw attention and the most diverse response from some Christians along with other religions for years. There are several different responses to the problem of evil and none of them are entirely satisfactory alone‚ but together they do cast doubt on whether the existence of evil disproves the claim that God exists. I am very
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The Cosmological Argument is not a Strong Argument for the Existence of God Mardi Campbell PHI 208 Prof. Michele Clearman-Warner March 11‚ 2013 The Cosmological Argument is not a Strong Argument for the Existence of God The Cosmological Argument for the existence of God is one of the most famous of all philosophical arguments that address the existence of a supernatural being who created the material universe. The supernatural being whom created the material universe is the logical
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influential role in both the private and public life and that a good and honest ruler must possess each. Socrates‚ the great Greek philosopher‚ claimed that as did Boethius who
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Dionysus as a god. In fact‚ Cadmus goes out to worship Dionysus as a deity by dancing‚ despite his old age. So why is Cadmus punished to such an extreme extent by Dionysus? Even though Cadmus tells Pentheus the error he is making by not worshipping the gods‚ Cadmus is still
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Ontological argument attempts to prove to the atheist that God exists. There are many different forms of the ontological argument for the existence of God. The first being an argument postulated by Anselm in the Proslogian. The ontological argument is a priori meaning knowledge is independent of experience an analytical meaning from logic. The Ontological argument follows the analytic method of knowledge; in this instance‚ for example‚ this is to be found when Anselm reaches the conclusion of God by analysing
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INTRODUCTION The question of God is a perennial subject of debate in the history of philosophical scholarship and can be located in nearly all the epochs of philosophy. The subject however occupies a central space in the medieval epoch that was characterized by religious thinkers. The debate is largely between two schools of thought. There are those who opine that there is no such entity as God. To such thinkers‚ the question of God does not amount to anything but is largely a product of human
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important message if they are being rewarded for simple tasks? The truth is‚ they will not learn this message. One parent‚ also a 5 time Pro Bowl player‚ took away his children’s participation trophies. James Harrison wanted his children to “grow up like men” and wanted them to learn “‘their best’ shouldn’t entitle them” (Ross). Teaching his children this lesson will make them strive to work harder to achieve their goals. One may think that these participation trophies do not convince children that they
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2014 Topic 3: The Certainty that God Is After reading the two paragraphs written by scholars I have come to three different conclusions. The author of the first argument claims that God does in fact exist and he is also infinite. The author of the second argument claims that humans are not capable of comprehending the idea of infinite‚ therefore we cannot argue that God is infinite or that he exists at all. Finally‚ Descartes claims that by The Method of Doubt‚ God is the one idea that cannot be doubted
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