Reason and the Existence of God Denys Turner University of Cambridge Contents Preface Acknowledgements Part I The ‘shape’ of reason 1 2 3 4 5 6 Clarifications and issues Negative theology and natural theology The darkness of God and the light of Christ Intellect Reason and rhetoric The ‘shape’ of reason page ix xvii 3 26 48 75 89 108 Part II Univocity‚ ‘difference’ and ‘onto-theology’ 7 8 9 Univocity and inference: Duns Scotus God‚ grammar‚ and difference Existence and God 125 149 169
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there a God? Is it true that there is one or many Supreme beings that created the universe within it including humans? There are atheist that say no‚ and theist that say yes. But who is truly right in their conclusions of God’s existence. Philosophers have debated the highly controversial issue‚ and many proofs have been claimed of God’s existence. However‚ for every good claim there is a counter to the claim as well. There are many reasons which people have argued the existence of a God‚ but
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The Cosmological argument is a philosophical argument for the existence of God. It is explained that everything has a reason‚ is the first reason‚ the first reason is of no significance. The cosmological view tries to prove the existence of God by observing the universe. Scientists believe that the universe must have a beginning‚ it needs something to give it existence. So that we can contact to God‚ God is always there‚ no reason‚ no beginning‚ no limit‚ beyond time‚ is infinite. Moreover‚ according
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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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Existence of God The question as to the fact on whether or not God exists or ceases to exist has been one of the most debated. Human beings find it necessary to prove the existence of God so that we can give meaning to life. People that disprove his existence do so because they find meaning elsewhere‚ such as in evolution. A person can believe and have faith in God‚ but as to whether or not his existence can be proven lays the argument between theists and atheists. The philosophers discussed believe
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DESCARTES ON THE EXTERNAL WORLD Descartes’ made himself belief that nothing exists and starts to doubt himself about everything. First‚ he states that God would never create something that would oppose to another person’s perception then‚ he goes on to say that to imagine something that you need something to imagine about and lastly the ideas perceived by what they call senses has to come from external soul. In the first argument‚ Descartes’ proof of the external world carries a lot of arguments
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the arguments for the existence of god There are three main philosophical arguments for the existence of god; the Teleological argument (also known as the design argument)‚ made by William Paley‚ which presents the central idea that the universe is so complex‚ perfectly designed and purposeful that it must have had an intelligent designer‚ the Cosmological argument‚ made by Thomas Aquinas‚ which is based on the main idea that everything has a starting point so an uncaused god must have made/caused
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In Meditations on First Philosophy‚ Rene Descartes introduces three principal arguments for God’s existence. His first argument will be examined in the most detail‚ and the last two will be briefly outlined and compared to the first in the following analysis. Descartes introduces his first proof in Meditation III‚ where he uses the ideas of formal and objective reality to make his argument. To arrive at his conclusion that God exists‚ he begins with the notion of ideas‚ and whether they correspond
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whether or not God exist. But more so‚ theists seem to have trouble when proving their argument for the existence of a necessary intelligent being. Not only do atheists have the governing laws of science‚ but it seems they have logic on their side. For theists can present countless arguments without presenting any intelligible proof. We are rational‚ sentient human beings and we need logic in order to accept a premise. It is contradictory to human nature to accept a statement without any proof as to why
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First Thomas Aquinas argues that our existence in itself is proof that God exists‚ as we would not be “in motion” had God not been the “first mover” and put us in motion. If I correctly understand Aquinas he is saying that life would not exist had there not first been a creator‚ and with out first a creator life would not have come to be. Secondly Aquinas argues that life is a series of events that could not have brought itself in to being. Theretofore God must exist to begin the series‚ he is the
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