Outline Descartes’ Ontological Argument and explain the key objections that may be used against it. Descartes took the Ontological Argument as presented by Anselm and developed it in a different form. Descartes saw the argument in terms of necessary existence. For Descartes‚ the idea of God necessarily entails his existence. He established that our thoughts are evidence of our own existence (‘I think therefore I am’)‚ and so wanted to see what else he could prove exists. He used the example of a
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mathematician‚ René Descartes (1596-1650)‚ published Discourse on Method‚ Optics‚ Geometry‚ and Meteorology in which he maintains that he had established two universal criteria to distinguish animals and machines from humans‚ and thus those entities without souls from those with. His criteria are the entity must have the capacity for speech and act from knowledge. His justifications that machines do not meet these two criteria are sound; however‚ he fails to verify that animals do the same. Descartes’ argument
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Mind Mapping Writing Centre Learning Guide Mind mapping is an effective means to take notes and brainstorm essay topics. A mind map involves writing down a central theme and thinking of new and related ideas which radiate out from the centre. By focusing on key ideas written down in your own words and looking for connections between them‚ you can map knowledge in a way that will help you to better understand and retain information. What is mind mapping? Mind mapping was developed as an effective
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Mind mapping is a learning technique that uses several intelligences—visual/spatial‚ verbal/linguistic‚ logical/mathematical—to access the potential of the neo cortex and uses both hemispheres of the brain. Originated in the 1960’s by Tony Buzan‚ mind mapping helps learners see an overview of a topic and the details at the same time. It requires the learner to think about key concepts and their interconnectedness. Mind maps help organize information in a form that the brain can easily assimilate
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Cogito ergo sum‚ or in other words I think‚ therefore I am. This phrase was the axiom of Rene Descartes’ meditations on the philosophy of mind. Descartes used this phrase as the basis of his reasoning throughout his meditations where he establishes the idea of Cartesian Dualism. Another major topic that Descartes mentions repeatedly in his meditations is the distrust of the senses and reliance on reason. He also heavily uses his own method of doubting the existence of everything until he can prove
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With the human mind‚ body‚ and soul combined it is easy to be fooled into seeing and believing things that aren’t really there. We may easily see truths that are lies‚ and we may see lies that as truths. The world can look like everything is true at times‚ and other times like everything is just the opposite. There is nothing in this world a person can be too sure about‚ or it will turn around and deceive you. There are many road blocks and manipulations in life to question the real authenticy of
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René Descartes was a methodical and intelligent thinker‚ which is to be expected from the man who invented the Cartesian Plane that would eventually lead to the idea of Calculus. It is due to this measured approach that we get his Meditations on First Philosophy‚ and from his methodology on how to determine what is irrefutably true which Descartes calls a clear and distinct idea. In his first Meditation‚ Descartes determines that the only way to determine what is true is to first think nothing is
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ALYANA CIELINE C. GEROLAGA “A BEAUTIFUL MIND” Reaction Paper Based on what I have watched from the movie of “A Beautiful Mind”‚ which is a biography based on the true life story of a math prodigy‚ John Forbes Nash Jr.‚ is an incomparable math genius student from Princeton University who definitely amazed the minds of people he meets. For me‚ he is an extraordinary person having a broad and an odd imagination as well. Unfortunately‚ he suffers from a mental illness called
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DESCARTES’ GOD Do we need a watchmaker god or the Christian God and how is it related to living a good life? The subject of god has always fascinated me‚ and I love to read how others interpret their personal gods. It is also interesting to see how people prioritize their gods in their life and what importance they give their gods. I believe that the Christian God is the true God and exactly what we need to live a good life. We need to have a goal and an end‚ which is eternal happiness with
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In regards to Habits of Mind‚ the goal I want AM to work towards is to become more self-evaluating in regards to his listening skills and his level of persistence by working towards using “I statements”. In the article‚ Operationalizing the Habits of Minds‚ Costa discussed how self-evaluation is the highest level of Bloom’s Taxonomy (n.d.). Although this is the highest level of Bloom’s Taxonomy‚ this term can become tangible for all students. The article discussed that evaluation should be used to
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