the source of knowledge is coming from. I find it much more reliable that a source is knowledge is coming from a teacher or even a scientist. However‚ I know that these people are not perfect and can even make mistakes. Sometimes a scientist makes false claims. I would find it harder to accept knowledge from someone who is homeless or not a scholar. I can also accept knowledge I already believe to be true using other knowledge and common sense. There are many criterion that help decide
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distinction between what is true and what is false.” Is false in the logic point‚ because you can say what is true based on the logic you have‚ or say what is false based on what you have seen‚ but is false at the point that you haven’t seen that or haven’t know what is there‚ that you don’t know what is really true‚ or false. To say that they are both "men" is true‚ in one sense that may be said to be true: the man in the painting is certainly not a horse. True and false are context dependent. This
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Philosophers Big Questions PHIL201 - 1401A – 03 January 5‚ 2014 Metaphysics: What is real? As a child I found myself asking that question about many things like is God real‚ monsters under the bed‚ Big foot and ghosts (Still working on that one). As an adult‚ I have found out the answers to my questions. God is 100% real in my life and I have found this through reading the Bible‚ going to church and having bible studies‚ monster’s under the bed got solved at 10‚ Bigfoot
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I. By applying the laws of opposition and equivalence‚ identify: a. the truth-values of the given sets of propositions (true‚ false or doubtful); b. identify the relationship between the given sets of propositions (contradictory‚ contrary‚ subaltern‚ subcontrary‚ obverse‚ converse‚ partial cotrapositive or full contrapositive ). 1. It is false that all honest persons are God-fearing. Therefore to say that some God- fearing persons are honest is (a)___________ . (b) ____________
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also known as coherentism‚ a belief or set of beliefs is justified‚ or justifiably held‚ just in case the belief coheres with a set of beliefs‚ the set forms a coherent system or some variation on these themes. The coherence theory of justification should be distinguished from the coherence theory of truth. The former is a theory of what it means for a belief or a set of beliefs to be justified‚ or for a subject to be justified in holding the belief or set of beliefs. The latter is a theory of what
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La Trobe’s Professor of Politics‚ Robert Manne writes in the Quarterly Essay debating climate change. Manne intentionally writes the journal to an educated audience with the use of fairly complex and persuasive language which is backed up with scientific evidence. Manne argues that climate change is occurring and has been proven by scientists‚ clearly stating the fact of who are laypeople to have an opinion on what is actually been proven by qualified experts within the field. Manne clearly
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lost his parents so early in life and he tries to be accepted but fears rejection. That is maybe the reason of Bianca. He knows that she will never reject him. The proposition referred to is Proposition 5: Need and behaviour. 5. What belief or value does Lars convey when he asks Gus and Karin if Bianca can stay with them? Proposition/theory? Lars believes that Bianca is very religious and he feels that it will only be right if
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and disrespectful. However‚ Maimonides agrees that one positive statement can be made about God‚ and this is that he exists‚ this is because the whole principle of Via Negativa is based on the idea that God exists. Pseudo-Dionysius follows the same belief as Maimonides‚ also stating that God is beyond assertion and beyond denial‚ meaning that
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As a society‚ we have become so accustomed to metaphors and empty truths that we absent-mindedly accept them. But if society is told a lie and believes it‚ does that turn the lie into the truth? For example‚ in the beginning of the human’s reign on this planet‚ humans thought the earth was flat only to be proven that the earth was in fact round. But if ordinary humans were told that the earth is flat and they accept that as the truth‚ live their life as though it is true‚ then what makes it untrue
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Belief has been defined by dictionary as “An acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.” or it is a “psychological state in which an individual holds a conjecture or premise to be true”. However‚ this is just the basic definition of belief‚ and if we think beyond the meanings of this word‚ we would probably realized that these do NOT make sense. There is a scale for belief‚ from -10 to 10‚ from impossible to certain. People believed that after they die‚ they will go to hell
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