Bentham; “The good and happiness of the members‚ that is the majority of the members of the state‚ is the great standard by which every thing relating to that state must finally be determined.” Bentham was also heavily influenced by the philosopher David Hume. In 1798 Bentham wrote Principles of International Law where he argued that universal peace could only be obtained by first achieving European Unity. He hoped that some for of European Parliament would be able to
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A personal take on the debate between rationalism and empiricism. The study of knowledge‚ or epistemology‚ contains theoretical methods by which information is learned. Of these methods‚ two are most widely accepted. These two methods‚ rationalism and empiricism‚ are also the most widely debated methods of knowledge acquisition. Rationalism claims that knowledge is gained by a priori processes and intuition. Rationalism claims that knowledge is innate; however the level of innate knowledge contained
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Examine the key features of the Teleological argument. The word teleological comes from the Greek word ‘Telos’ which means purpose. The teleological argument is a posteriori and like the cosmological argument‚ attempts to prove the existence of God. It claims that certain phenomena within the universe appear to display features of design and are perfectly adapted to fulfil their function. Therefore‚ if features of the universe are so perfectly designed‚ for example the structure and function of
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References: Andrew M. Colman: Oxford Dictionary of Psychology‚ Oxford University Press‚ New York‚ 2003. Bacon‚ Francis‚ Viscount Saint &Baron of Verulam: The Nature of Things. Anthony M. Quinton‚ University of Oxford‚ 1950 David Hume‚ A Treatise of Human Nature‚ (1739) in Encyclopædia Britannica Immanuel Kant: Critique of Pure Reason‚ in Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Student and Home Edition. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica‚ 2010. John Locke: An Essay Concerning
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Guillermo Johnpaul A. HUM14 (1:30pm-3:00pm) TERM PAPER Philosophers can give a great contribution to society. They can influence people’s lives like how they act then and now. They contribute their ideas and motives to people. They can influence behavior and attitude to society. Philosophers for me are important people they give and talk about their ideas‚ it’s like they are professors and society is the students. I chose John Locke (1632 - 1704)‚ He is an English philosopher. He
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Freedom and Determinism "We may regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its past and the cause of its future. An intellect which at a certain moment would know all forces that set nature in motion‚ and all positions of all items of which nature is composed‚ if this intellect were also vast enough to submit these data to analysis‚ it would embrace in a single formula the movements of the greatest bodies of the universe and those of the tiniest atom; for such an intellect nothing
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RE PHILOSOPHY Miracles - REVISION What constitutes a miracle? A miracle is held to be an act of God‚ or an invisible agent‚ which goes against the laws of nature and has some religious meaning or significance. Definitions of miracles are often very broad and leave them particularly wide to interpretation. We may say that it is a miracle that someone has recovered from a cold‚ but that is only the believer’s interpretation and cannot be verified as miraculous. It simply reflects the way
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as the researchers suggested. Determinism refers to the conviction that all human conduct or any other occurrences have a cause. This is opposed to a person’s will to accomplish an action. Gary Gutting discussed what David Hume‚ a philosopher‚ believed and the belief of David Hume is that both determinism and free choice are possible‚ they are compatible with each
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fortuitously but designed. Therefore some intelligent being exists by whom all natural things are directed to their end and this being is called God. Aquinas was arguing from design qua regularity. In Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion‚ David Hume criticises the teleological argument; he argued that the Universe was designed does not necessarily mean that God designed it. There is no evidence that the Universe needs a designer it may come into existence naturally. We have no evidence that the
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The Teleological Argument By Zenny Saheel Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy which studies the nature of “being”. The search for the existence of God has been questioned many a time and astounded many philosophers and scientists alike. By looking at certain arguments for the existence of God we are not only attempting to see if God exists but what God is like. Omniscient (All seeing)‚ omnipresent (Present everywhere)‚ omnipotent (All powerful)‚ Benevolent (Good) and Eternal (Always Existed)
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