Jacob Turner Professor White PAR 101-003 12 February 2015 Argument Paper #1 There has been a long-standing question in the world of philosophy on what determines one’s personal identity. Out of all the attributes that make up the individual‚ it seems difficult to decipher what actually makes up the personal identity. The most common choices to this question are the mind‚ the brain‚ the spirit‚ or the body. There has yet been no proof on which of these choices are actually correct but many individuals
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The Design Argument Saint Thomas Aquinas was a Catholic Priest in the Dominican Order and a very important medieval philosopher and theologian. He wrote a book‚ SummaTheologiae‚ presenting five proofs of God’s existence. Each of Aquina’s arguments begins with an observation that is supposed to be easily understood by everyone. Aquina’s fifth argument for the existence of God is what has come to be called the Argument from Design. The Design argument is one of three arguments about the
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Teleology is an argument of God’s existence following the evidence of order defined as the design of nature. Teleological arguments also known as arguments from design‚ explain the order in the universe to the existence of God. The universe is believed to be ordered towards some end or a certain purpose. It is more reasonable to suggest that the universe was created by an intelligent being to accomplish a purpose rather than it being there by chance (McGrath‚ 2010). The teleological argument has been used
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that the presence of evil does not diminish the possibility of an all-good‚ all-knowing‚ all-powerful God— Ex: In this paper I will be arguing that even though evil exists‚ it does not mean that the Judeo-Christian concept of God is false. This is because there are other explanations available with which I agree. Namely…. (2) The body of your paper should contain a statement of the argument you are addressing (including any relevant factual information) also who makes
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Aquinas’ Cosmological argument The Cosmological argument attempts to explain that something has caused the universe to exist and this First cause is what we call God. The argument begins with observations that try to support the following statements: • Everything in the universe has a cause • The universe itself must have a cause • To avoid infinite regress of causes there must be an uncaused cause • This uncaused cause is God The argument uses inductive reasoning‚ which means that the premises
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saadeh 3/11/2015 English 100‚ Sky line College Paper # 2 Analyzing Arguments Some serious criminal offenses are punishable by death‚ most often violent homicides where it is determined by the jury that the convicted offender lacks remorse. Capital punishment‚ commonly referred to as the death penalty‚ remains controversial and has been outlawed in some states. H. L. Mencken as well as Anna Quindlen both write about the most controversial subject of the death penalty. While Mencken’s the
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says "This argument is fallacious you all blame God for the bad things in life when really it’s people because God gave us free will" and then several atheists begin to bicker and argue with him over who is right and wrong for literally an hour straight before I even read any of it but they totally miss the point this dude is so full of himself for having used all these big words and was so sure he was so much smarter than everyone in that forum until I hit him with this: "Your argument was flawed
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The Arguments for the Existence of God Out of the four arguments for the existence of a God‚ the Cosmological argument is the most persuasive. For thousands of years‚ humans have wondered what their purpose on Earth is and how we came to exist. Because of this wondering‚ many humans have concluded that there is an all-powerful creator who created the universe and everything in it. But‚ since we cannot see this creator and have no evidence as proof of his existence‚ there are many people who doubt
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Cosmological Argument The cosmological argument is the argument that the existence of the world or universe is strong evidence for the existence of a God who created it. The existence of the universe‚ the argument claims‚ stands in need of explanation‚ and the only adequate explanation of its existence is that it was created by God. Like most arguments for the existence of God‚ the cosmological argument exists in several forms; two are discussed here: the temporal‚ kalam cosmological argument (i.e. the
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Recognizing Arguments In this assignment‚ you will apply key concepts covered in the module readings. You will identify the component parts of arguments and differentiate between various types of arguments such as strict‚ loose‚ inductive‚ and deductive. You will then construct specific‚ original arguments. There are two parts to the assignment. Complete both parts. Part 1 1a: Identify Components of Arguments Identify the component parts of the argument‚ premises and conclusion‚ for
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