A Philosophical Argument for God’s Sake In this paper I will: (i) state the premises and conclusion of St. Thomas Aquinas’s “Uncaused Cause” argument‚ I will argue that the argument is a deductive argument. Merriam-Webster.com’s definition of cause is: “something or someone that produces an effect‚ result‚ or condition: something or someone that makes something happen or exist”. (www.merriam-webster.com) A deductive argument is an argument in which the premise or premises claim to prove that the
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Q3 Intuitively‚ when considering the nature of Goodman’s arguments on inductions concluding all emeralds green‚ and all emeralds grue‚ respectively‚ I find the former to be a far more compelling argument. My initial reasoning behind this revolves around my intuitive feelings regarding the compelling nature of the green argument itself‚ as well as two issues I find when comparing the two arguments. The first issue being that the definition of green does not seem to be time dependent while the definition
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Written Report in Principles of Teaching DEDUCTIVE METHOD VERSUS INDUCTIVE METHOD All teaching methods can be classified into two‚ namely deductive method and inductive method. The deductive method‚ the teacher tells or shows directly what he/she wants to teach. The inductive method begins with questions‚ problems and details and end up with answers‚ generalizations and conclusions. Deductive method‚ in this method the teacher presents first the main topic she will discuss
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Aquinas’ Five Proofs What real evidence can be supplied for God’s existence? St. Thomas‚ in his Summa Theologica‚ sets forth five separate proofs for the existence of God‚ Unlike St. Anselm’s proof‚ which deals with pure concepts‚ St. Thomas’ proofs rely on the world of our experience-what we can see around us. In these proofs we can easily see the influence of Aristotle and his doctrine of the Four Causes. l) The Proof from Motion. We observe motion all around us. Whatever is in motion now
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assess the arguments for the legalization of marijuana‚ and by doing so point out flaws in these arguments. Furthermore‚ this paper will assess the credibility and the source of these arguments‚ and present counter arguments to conclude that marijuana should not be a legal drug in California and the rest of the United States. First I will consider The National Organizations for the Reform of Marijuana Law’s “Principles of Responsible Marijuana Use” which is the basis for their argument for the legalization
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Kathleen Barker Storey CC English 102 11 January 2013 a Credit card companies are more responsible for their customers’ actions than their customers are. Though students are put at fault by the majority of people who have something to say about the topic‚ reasons having to do with irresponsibility and related accusations‚ the students are not the only group at fault. Credit card companies themselves have created a strategy of making college students their target customers because of how simple
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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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In this excerpt Kass is presenting his testimony to the National Bioethics Advisory Commission‚ in which he urges the commission to declare human cloning unethical. Kass’s argument is based on: considerations related to the ethics of experimentation‚ concerns about identity and individuality‚ the dangers of transforming procreation into manufacture‚ and the negative impact upon out understanding of what it means to have children. Throughout the testimony goes on to explain not only why cloning is
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2. What does the text author mean when he calls terrorism a "pejorative" term and a "social construct?" Provide your reaction to White’s statement that terrorism is a social construct. The term Pejorative simply means a term that is loaded with a negative or derogatory meaning. (White pg. 6) When White used this term‚ I believe he was referring to the fact that when the terrorism is used it usually evokes a feeling of fear. The book explains that when people use the term terrorism they are labeling
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The saying you don’t know someone until you have walked in their shoes. (Lawrence E. Rafferty) Many people who do support the issues have never been at the poverty level and don’t know what it’s like to struggle to put food on their families table. Government assistance is good for those people who don’t abuse it and are willing to follow the rules no matter how silly or degrading they may seem. Random drug testing is not meant to hurt people or make them feel
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