Pascal’s Wager vs. the Ontological Argument Pascal’s Wager was a groundbreaking theory posed by the French philosopher‚ mathematician‚ and physicist Blaise Pascal. Pascal‚ who is said to be the father of modern probability‚ felt that that religion should be approached as a gamble. It was one of the first efforts to incorporate the concept of infinity. The wager stated that‚ even though the existence of God cannot be determined through reason‚ one should wager as though God exists‚ because living
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To what extent is the cosmological argument weak? Although the cosmological argument is a strong argument for the theory that the universe it is a weak argument for the existence of the classical theological God. Thomas Aquinas was a very important man to the cosmological argument; it was him who came up with some of the strongest theories to support the argument. He came up with his five proofs which to him proved the cosmological argument to be true. One of his proof was the ‘cause’ proof
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analyses three proofs for God’s existence‚ the ontological‚ cosmological‚ and physio-theological. I will be focusing on the cosmological proof. Kant believes the cosmological argument is impossible due to the argument’s reliance on the ontological argument. Kant argues against the ontological proof by stating that ‘god is perfect’ does not hold since god’s perfection is contingent upon god’s existence; the argument is tautological. The cosmological argument assumes that based on our experience of this
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Title Examining Different Arguments Related to the Choice of a Career Assessment Part A: Critically Evaluating an Argument Build your mindmap. Arts and Sciences (Advantage): Lots of flexibility in career choices: Overgeneralization Arts and Sciences (Disadvantage): Leads to a career in food service - ’Do you want fries with that?’: Irrational Appeal Education (Advantage): The best way to make a difference in the world: Overgeneralization Education (Disadvantage): Guaranteed low paying
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You are innocent‚ of course‚ and decide to contest the ticket in court. You have 4 separate arguments to make‚ differing in strength (A: really strong‚ B: strong‚ C: somewhat strong‚ D: not too strong). The judge will hear your case‚ then later retire to his chambers to make a decision. To make the best impression on the judge during his deliberations‚ in what order should you present your 4 arguments? Explain why based on memory research. I would make my strong defense first because of
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rationality of God‚ I mean that the question is settled to my satisfaction. I do not have any doubts—after pondering the arguments‚ the balance of evidence and argument has a definite tilt. Although I do not claim that the Mark Howard view of the rationality of God would make a compelling case for why someone else ought to believe‚ I now am better able to articulate an argument that provides something for them to think about. I have moved beyond the realm of automatic‚ unchallenged acceptance of an
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The Cosmological Argument is not a Strong Argument for the Existence of God Mardi Campbell PHI 208 Prof. Michele Clearman-Warner March 11‚ 2013 The Cosmological Argument is not a Strong Argument for the Existence of God The Cosmological Argument for the existence of God is one of the most famous of all philosophical arguments that address the existence of a supernatural being who created the material universe. The supernatural being whom created the material universe is the logical
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Naly Sourathathone PHI 244 Reflection Paper #3 The key idea of the Ontological argument is that God exits in reality as well as in the understanding. Anselm’s first premise states that God exists in the understanding. The second premise states that God might have existed in reality. If something exits only in understanding and might have existed in reality‚ then it might have been greater than it is as stated in the third premise. If God can only exist as an idea in the mind‚ then we can imagine
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From the arguments discussed in class‚ I choose to evaluate Thomas Aquinas’ Cosmological Argument. Aquinas offers a believable case for the existence of God through five arguments. The arguments are “a posteriori arguments” with five strategies (Aquinas 52). The first argues that there is an unmoved mover that originated all motion but the mover‚ itself‚ does not move. The second argument concludes: “there must be a first cause to explain the existence of cause” (Aquinas 52). The third argument says
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in metaphysics is the existence of God‚ and there are many philosophical arguments from the theist and atheist side trying to prove whether God exists or not. In philosopher Ernest Nagel’s “A Defense of Atheism” he proves to dispel the classical arguments for the existence of God as well as give an atheistic view on why there could not be a God. Instead of just dispelling the theistic arguments Nagel brings forth an argument in defense of Atheism regarding the existence of evil and stands to prove
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