Analyse the reasoning of the ontological argument as presented by Anselm‚ and explain its purpose. The ontological argument is A priori argument for the existence of God. St Anselm is the name most firmly associated with the origins of the ontological argument and he was an 11 century writer and the Archbishop of Canterbury. The argument has the form of a deductive proof and it an analytical argument. He wrote two treatises (the Monologion and Proslogion) which became the foundation of the Ontological
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A Case-Based Retrieval System for Diabetic Patients Therapy Stefania Montani 1 Riccardo Bellazzi1 ‚ Luigi Portinale 2 Stefano Fiocchi 3 and Mario Stefanelli1 ‚ ‚ Abstract. We propose a decision support tool based on the Case Based Reasoning technique‚ meant to help physicians in the retrieval of past similar cases‚ able to provide a suggestion about the revision of diabetic patients’ therapy scheme. A case is defined as a set of features collected during a visit. A taxonomy of prototypical
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Mistakes in Reasoning: The World of Fallacies Have you ever heard of Plato‚ Aristotle‚ Socrates? Morons! —Vizzini‚ The Princess Bride Section 4.1 What Is a Fallacy? CHAPTER 4 S o far we have looked at how to construct arguments and how to evaluate them. We’ve seen that arguments are constructed from sentences‚ with some sentences providing reasons‚ or premises‚ for another sentence‚ the conclusion. The purpose of arguments is to provide support for a conclusion. In a valid deductive argument
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any kind of rational sense? What would I do then?" As this is much too painful for them‚ it is never really going to be an option. They want to believe what brings them comfort and faith‚ even if there is no physical evidence or logical scientific reasoning to the things they believe. Never questioning will‚ in their minds‚ lead them to what they
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Career Plan: Reasoning Aptitude and Timeline Career Plan: Reasoning Aptitude and Timeline GEN/105 25 July 2013 Christopher Robinson Career Plan: Reasoning Aptitude and Timeline The goals that I have set to reach my career goals were first to find a college that fit my schedule. My second goal was that I needed to achieve a high grade point average while I was in school. My third goal was to obtain my Bachelor of Science in Business Management with a concentration in Supply Chain
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Week 6 Contributions of Enterprise Systems IT/205 Enterprising systems are large-scale systems including application software packages that use data storage‚ data transmission powers of modern information technology to support business processes‚ data flow‚ reporting‚ and data analytics within and between organizations. Enterprising systems will have major impact on a business whether it fail or succeed systematically. Enterprising systems support an organization company-wide and not just a single
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All the professor was trying to do was complicate things. I guess I will have to know it for the test‚ but I am sticking with my old plan‚ organize and control approach to managing my store.” Questions: Q1. Critically analyze Mr. Vincent’s reasoning. Q2. If you were the professor and you knew what was going through Vincent’s mind‚ what would you say to Vincent? CASE LET 2 The regional administration office of a
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Shawna Keehn AED 202 Checkpoint: Moral reasoning Select one of the age groups chosen in week 6. Decide on the child’s age‚ what Level and stage he or she is at developmentally‚ and list some chacteristics Demonstrating the nature of the stage. I have chosen a child that is in the early adolescence stage that is the age of Fourteen. In my opinion a child who is fourteen should be at a level two‚ Conventional morality. Upon reviewing the reading of the stages a child who is Fourteen
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In this excerpt from “Mesopotamia: Writing‚ Reasoning‚ and the Gods”‚ the writer starts by introducing us the history of Mesopotamia and the kind of sources that helped us understand its religious system. Although‚ the Mesopotamian religious model started off as a multitude of different and equal god‚ this system evolved with the political system to later become a monarchy of gods. According to the author‚ the region of Mesopotamia was first populated by the Semites‚ which came from the fringes
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1. Recognition of normal balances a. Amounts paid to a mall for rent -expense b. Amounts to be paid in 10 days- liability c. A new fax machine purchases for office use- assets d. Land held as an investment - assets e. Amounts due from customers -assets f. Daily sales of merchandise sold - revenue g. Promotional costs to publicize a concert - expense h. A long-term loan owed to Citizens Bank -liability i. The albums‚ tapes‚ and CDs held for sale to customers –assets Normal balance for: liability
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