Strawson’s attempts to break down the Basic Argument into conversational language which‚ while helpful‚ does not lead me to agree with his idea. His adjusted argument goes a bit like this: one does what one does because one is oneself. The only way to adjust oneself is to act‚ but since one acts according to oneself‚ one would have to make infinitely expounding choices about who one is and how to be and how to change. This would lead one to suppose that it’s impossible to create oneself and as such
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I do not find any of the traditional proofs for God’s existence persuasive‚ and I will go over each argument one at a time to explain why I do not find them persuasive‚ starting with Anselm’s ontological argument‚ then Aquinas’ cosmological argument‚ and finally Paley’s teleological argument. First‚ Anselm’s ontological argument is not persuasive because the argument can be used to prove things that do not exist. The faulty logic is shown in Gaunilo’s Lost Island Objection because instead of putting
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Argument: Audience Analysis In this essay I tried to give more insight as to the reasons why Cigaretts should be illegal and be banned from even being sold. I give examples and true statistics on how cigarettes are harming the air‚ polluting it and the harms it has on your body and the long term affects it can have on not just your body but your mental state. I did research on the amount of people smoking cigarettes and how it affects not only the person smoking but the people or nature around
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damage and the damage to non-users through second hand smoke. 5. Legalization of this drug could lead to legalization of “harder” drugs 6. Some consider this drug morally wrong. I have seen the effects this drug has on a terminally ill patient. My late husband‚ who was just 39 years old when he died of colon cancer‚ used Marijuana on just a couple of occasions and the difference before and after its use were abundantly clear. Tom was diagnosed with colon cancer at the age of 36‚ and only given
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RECONSTRUCTING ARGUMENTS Deductive and Inductive Here we are to learn the techniques for PART I‚ Making a Critique- i.e.‚ argument reconstruction‚ by doing the following “steps”: 1. Read the discourse; 2. Number and Bracket arguments; 3. Write an Index of Claims; and 4. Tree-Diagram the arguments. What is critiquing? Benjamin Samuel Bloom (1913 – 1999) - the creator of Bloom’s Taxonomy (1956) following a framework for categorizing educational goals: Taxonomy of Educational
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Jacob Sebert November 13‚ 2013 Descartes Dream Theory Descartes arguments in meditation I can be proven wrong through discrepancies and contradictions. Authors Peter Simpson and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s have similar points on skepticism where they have found specific inconsistencies. When primarily looking at Descartes’ dream argument we can see a contradiction in his statements. He sets out to demonstrate the similarity between “waking” and “dreaming”. His intention was to prove that there is no
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In this paper‚ I will present the arguments of two philosophers about the definition of “good”. First‚ I will present Moore’s argument that “good” is indefinable. Then‚ I will present Geach’s response to this and how he can undermine Moore’s argument. Next‚ I will discuss in what sense Geach believes “good” can be defined. Finally‚ I will discuss my opinion on who has the correct definability of “good” and give reasons to defend my opinion. Moore sets the groundwork by first defining the province
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THE MORAL ARGUMENT How do we explain the fact that people often refrain from immoral acts even when there is no risk of their being caught? There are many formulations of the moral argument but they all have as their starting point the phenomenon (fact) of moral conscience. In essence the moral argument poses the question: where does our conscience‚ our sense of morality come from if not from God? It also asserts that if we accept the existence of objective moral laws we must accept the existence
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The Argument for Utilitarianism Among the ethical arguments that we have seen‚ it is clear that a form of utilitarianism is the best option‚ that is‚ we should always do what brings about the best outcome where the outcomes are rated by the amount of good they bring about. The utilitarian argument says that in any given decision‚ the option that brings about the most good is the right thing to do every time. That being said‚ the definition of good is extremely important to the soundness of the
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or can possibly exist‚ nothing more‚ nothing less. ‘Strong Atheists’ also believe that no God does or can possibly exist but they go as far as using logic and evidence to prove a God can exist. This essay will explore the arguments for Atheism. One of the fundamental arguments for Atheists is there is no strong evidence of a God’s existence there is also no logical explanation for the existence of a God. Atheists use science and theory as the main way of studying the world around us and how the
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