I) Examine the ways in which the Ontological argument attempts to prove to the atheist that God exists. There are many different forms of the ontological argument for the existence of God. The first being an argument postulated by Anselm in the Proslogian. The ontological argument is a priori meaning knowledge is independent of experience an analytical meaning from logic. The Ontological argument follows the analytic method of knowledge; in this instance‚ for example‚ this is to be found when Anselm
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The term “Prejudice” is probably one of the most polarizing topics today. Prejudice is defined as a “preconceived opinion or belief that is not based on reason or actual experience.” What makes prejudice‚ so polarizing is that there are people that either believes in it‚ experience it‚ or is completely oblivious to it to an entirety. Personally‚ I believe that prejudice does exist‚ and affect so many people in negative aspects. I have my own personal experiences that I will share though the duration
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fixing. And thus I started thinking if the IPL really does encourage the spirit of the game‚ sportsmanship or team spirit‚ or if it is more inclined to money and sponsorship. And so I present my opinion for the motion that IPL is sabotaging the essence of authentic Cricket. Playing in IPL was considered to be a viable career option as opined by a celebrity‚ in a daily newspaper‚ recently. I read it and felt it to be a wrong observation. Till few years ago‚ in India‚ most of the responsible
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Cited: Sartre‚ TOK class Chang‚ Jung‚ and Jon Halliday. The Unknown Story of Mao. New York: Alfred a. Knopf‚ 2005.
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He doubted everything‚ including his own existence‚ and that doubt itself is the only certainty. Accordingly‚ he assumed that his thoughts were the only thing not to be doubted. The answer to his existence was his cogito argument‚ “I think‚ therefore I am”; ‘cogito ergo sum’. This means that the existence of a thinking substance is necessary in order to do the thinking‚ and in order to think one must therefore exist. Descartes argues for the existence of the soul which does the thinking‚ as once
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The Pure Essence of the Individual Many stereotypes exist within the social context of today’s world that stem from old and new preconceived notions of the unfamiliar. For example‚ some stereotypes stress generalizations that pertain to the aspects of different cultures such as religion‚ behavior‚ and even down to the type of cuisine. These misconceptions generalize an entire group of people based off of one characteristic‚ not taking into account the individuality of each person. Stereotypes produced
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Friedrich Nietzsche had a definite stand on the existence of God. He strongly believed and propagated that God was dead. The “death of God” often came up in several of Nietzsche’s philosophical contributions. It was often the backdrop which he used for describing human tendencies and carving pathways for human nature. “The best passage on God’s death is offered by Nietzsche in The Gay Science in section 125‚ entitled “The Madman”. There Nietzsche describes a man who enters the town market or bazaar
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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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thought during Marx’s time‚ was one that “descended from heaven to earth”‚ was in fact embodying the school of Idealism. Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Hegel were important German idealists‚ and for their idealism‚ existence does not precede consciousness‚ because we can only know about existence if we are conscious about it. Grounded in the philosophical thoughts of Kant and Hegel‚ the ideology of morality‚ religion and metaphysics were verisimilitudes and depicted history as a consequence of these ideologies
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Lucid dreaming is a common occurrence when one is aware and recognizes that they are dreaming. Some people are incapable of having lucid dreams‚ so dreams often get confused with reality since the same concepts like logic‚ consciousness‚ senses‚ and imagination are used. Dreams are said to be a messages from the subconscious mind that are filled with the missing pieces and fantasies of one’s life. Imagine closing your eyes and falling into a deep sleep of black nothingness where there’s no stress
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