philosophy‚ we had tackled the different arguments that were made by different philosophers which concerns about the existence of God. Its aim is to deepen our understanding of certain religious concepts and beliefs as it tries to critically analyze and examine through the method of philosophical inquiry. Philosophy of religion does not simply study what we believe but more significantly‚ subject these beliefs to rigorous rational criticism and assessment. Anselm’s Ontological Argument is an ideal of
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“Wax Argument”: Rene Descartes was an extraordinary philosopher who introduced a new‚ obscure‚ way to understanding the difference between the mind and the body. Descartes’ argument seems to be directed to Aristotle‚ in order to counter Aristotle’s “sensory argument;” in which everything is a conclusion of the senses. Descartes uses the “wax argument” to distinguish between the mind and body‚ separating the mind into its own form. The use of wax allows Descartes to prove and make his point because
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Scepticism about knowledge has been a problem in epistemology for centuries. One sceptical scenario holds that a person cannot actually know any ordinary piece of knowledge‚ such as the fact that they have hands. This is because it is possible that they are actually a handless brain in a vat being made to perceive an external world‚ when in fact they are only seeing computer images. Hilary Putnam argues that such sceptical scenarios are not actually problematic because the language used by handless
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3.1 The Incompatibility Argument: Relational Understanding of Self According to Roger Ames‚ “transplanting” human rights to China was doomed to failure because of the incompatibility between Chinese values and the Western human rights concept.36 Historically‚ he argues‚ the concept of rights did not naturally evolve in China‚ which leads him to portray Western human rights efforts as imperialistic. Indeed‚ the Western concepts of “rights” may indeed have posed a problem for Chinese society‚ when
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Descartes’s Dream Argument This would all be well and good‚ were I not a man who is accustomed to sleeping at night‚ and to experiencing in my dreams the very same things‚ or now and then even less plausible ones‚ as these insane people do when they are awake. How often does my evening slumber persuade me of such ordinary things as these: that I am here‚ clothed in my dressing gown‚ seated next to the fireplace – when in fact I am lying undressed in bed! But right now my eyes are certainly wide
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In Turing’s paper‚ “Computing Machinery and Intelligence‚” he presents the Turing test‚ which examines whether a machine can display intelligent behavior equal to the intelligent behavior of a human. Turing also ponders the question‚ “can machines think‚” as he is an advocate of artificial intelligence. Turing states the nine common objections against artificial intelligence and attempts to disprove them. The most convincing objection to artificial intelligence is objection three‚ the mathematical
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In their interview they discussed the issue of the Kalam cosmological argument. Craig went on to discuss the argument is the steps that follow. First whatever begins to exist has a cause. Second the universe had a beginning and third there universe‚ therefore had a cause. They then discussed several models that have been proposed trying to explain away the universe being finite. Craig ended the argument by saying “I think it’s indisputable that there has never been a time in history when the
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Identify the argument that neighbourly relations are characterised by friendly distance. Before I identify the argument that neighbourly relations are characterised by friendly distance‚ I want to explore what neighbourly relations are‚ their responsibilities‚ how and why they act in a particular but also whether it’s the same throughout the world. During the 1800s there was a rapid change in where people lived. In the first half of the century‚ the population of England and Wales doubled from nearly
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Thomson’s argument is why others should have to admit to the fact that a woman has no more obligation to her own child than she has to a violinist that she has never met before and doesn’t even know? Therefore‚ she is saying that the mother doesn’t have a commitment to her child that has yet to be born than she does to people whom she doesn’t know‚ especially in the case where the mother has been raped. Another problem that Thomson states in her piece of writing is that if own possessions then you have
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If I was Descartes and I wanted to prove the existence of god through Aquinas’ Five Ways‚ the best argument I would choose would be the fourth way. Descartes’ argument in Meditations V‚ the Ontological Argument‚ he argues that: (1) The essence of God is to be a perfect being. (That is‚ I cannot conceive of God as not being a perfect being.) (2) Existence is a perfection. (3) Therefore‚ God exists. (Or I cannot conceive of God as not existing.) This argument goes hand in hand with Aquinas’ fourth
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