One of the most recognized critiques of Aquinas is David Hume‚ who addressed the argument from design in his work Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. Hume began by summarizing Aquinas’ logic‚ and the many alterations that followed. Essentially‚ Hume argued that attributing design in the natural universe to an intelligent creator is flawed in two ways. First‚ he uses to analogy of a house to discredit Aquinas’ inferences. If we see a house‚ we conclude‚ with the greatest certainty‚ that it had
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Aquinas’s cosmological argument is a posteriori argument that Aquinas uses to prove the existence of God. Aquinas argues that‚ “Nothing can move itself‚ so whatever is in motion must be put in motion by another‚ and that by another again. But this causal loop cannot go on to infinity‚ so if every object in motion had a mover‚ there must be a first mover which is the unmoved mover‚ called God.” (Aquinas‚ Question 2‚ Article 3). I do agree with Aquinas’s cosmological argument in proving the existence
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Explain Aquinas’ Cosmological Argument Thomas Aquinas developed five ways to prove Gods existence. The first three are key to the Cosmological argument. These are from motion‚ causation‚ and contingency. He presented his work on these in the Summa Theologica‚ where he accepts that it may be impossible to prove the God of Classical theism caused the universe to exist‚ but believes that what God does proves Gods existence. The first way is from motion‚ Aquinas emphasises that motion means changes
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There are many arguments based around the origins of existence‚ with all of them claiming to be the correct way in which existence came about. These arguments have been disputed through logic and through faith. Out of the readings assigned in class‚ I will be presenting Aquinas’ Five Ways argument. In short‚ this claim simply gives five logical reasons that prove god’s existence‚ which in turn‚ explains the existence as a whole. Within this paper‚ I will invalidate Aquinas’ argument‚ for his reasoning
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1960’s specifically were known as the “Flower Power” era‚ or the hippie movement. One of the social youth groups preceding the Flower Power era was referred to as the rockers. The rockers were a group of younger generations who typically wore black clothing such as leather jackets. Their style is echoed in greatly in the idea of punk rock and originated in Europe. In America there was almost retaliation with the fashion here. The hippie movement served as the new type of fashion here in America. Tie-dyed
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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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were all at the forefront of mainstream society‚ they all appeared to unify and consequently develop a new counterculture in The United States; the hippie. When the “hippie movement” is mentioned‚ one cannot think of it without Timothy Leary‚ The Beatles‚ Woodstock‚ and subsequently‚ the rise in LSD and marijuana use being brought to mind. The hippie did not attempt to alter society with the use of violence‚ but as an alternative‚ tried to revolutionize society by means of peace and love. These international
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drug use was a crucial aspect of the hippie culture‚ and many of the youth saw using drugs as making a statement. The most popular drugs were Marijuana and LSD‚ both mid-altering drugs. LSD is a hallucinogen‚ meaning it affects the central nervous system and changes the way a person sees and feels the reality. One reason hippies turned to LSD was because they needed a culture when they no longer trusted the natural world‚ and LSD gave this to them. The entire hippie culture centered on LSD‚ impacting
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unstoppable but slow. And mediums are earth quakes they are dramatic and reshape the land scape overnight. McLuhan points out‚ “it is only too typical that the “content” of any medium blinds us to the character of the medium” (p.9). In other terms‚ arguments about ides should ever be fully divorced from the mediums by which those ideas are delivered and the character of those mediums. Because it effects more than just the way that the medium is reshaped‚ our physical lives‚ culture‚ technologies‚ and
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A.Definitions of the CountercultureIn its most common and initial sense‚ the counterculture refers to the culture‚ especially of young people‚ with values or lifestyles in opposition to those of the established culture in the dictionary. Until its appearance in 1969 in Theodore Roszak’s influential book‚ The Making of a Counter Culture‚ "counterculture"‚ written as one word or two‚ has become the standard term to describe the cultural revolt of the young. Although distinct countercultural undercurrents
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