Proof or Truth Kristin Stepp 3/15/2013 PHI 208 Professor Johnson Religion has been the cause of great camaraderie as well as great turmoil since the beginning of time. From the ancient Greeks and polytheism to Christianity and monotheistic societies‚ we have attempted to search for answers to universal questions through religion and spirituality. Philosophers and scientists alike have struggled with the idea that these great Gods are who we humans portray them to be‚ if in fact they exist
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accepted as entirely accurate‚ they all have their respective strengths and weaknesses. A few of the better known arguments for the existence of God are the Ontological‚ Teleological‚ and Moral arguments. In contrast to this‚ well known arguments against God’s existence include Sociological‚ Scientific‚ and Freudian arguments. The Ontological argument for the existence of God is one based on logical deduction. The argument‚ presented by Anselm‚ defined God as a being than which no greater can be
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can’t definitively establish the case for God‚ so therefore they should be abandoned. What would you say about this in light of my comments on the approaches to the arguments in the PointeCast presentation (Lesson 18)? 2. On the Cosmological Argument: McCloskey claims that the “mere existence of the world constitutes no reason for believing in such a being [i.e. a necessarily existing being].” The former is not a purely a priori argument
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rative religin Agnosticism Literally meaning "not know"; a position asserting that the existence of God cannot be proven. Animism From the Latin anima‚ meaning "spirit‚" "soul‚" "life force"; a worldview common among oral religions (religions with no written scriptures) that sees all elements of nature as being filled with spirit or spirits. Atheism Literally meaning "not God"; a position asserting that there is no God or gods. Deconstruction A technique‚ pioneered by Jacques Derrida‚
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omnipresent creator they are important in helping shape our morality. H J McCloskey and his article “On Being and Atheist” is very critical of theists. It thus presents several arguments on how believers are incorrect in their belief in “God”‚ cosmological and teleological. McCloskey also focus’s on the existence of evil and how one can find comfort in atheism when facing evil. Firstly to examine McCloskey’s work one must look at the language he uses. He refers directly to theist’s arguments as being “proofs”
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Introduction to Philosophy 200 Spring 2008 My Proof of Theism Jenny Wiggins In this essay‚ I plan to give proofs that defendtraditional theism. Traditional theism is defined by E.K. Daniel in his essay‚ A Defense of Theism‚ as: “there exists a being‚ God‚ who has all of the following attributes: God is omnipotent (all powerful)‚ omniscient (all-knowing)‚ supremely good (omnibenevolent)‚ infinite‚ eternal‚ a being who possesses all perfections‚ transcendent to the natural universe‚ but the
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other; and this everyone understands to be God.” (Gracyk) The problem with this argument is that it commits the fallacy of begging the question. In other words‚ the conclusion appears in the premises (Class Notes). The second is known as the “Cosmological Argument”: “There
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INTRODUCTION The question of God is a perennial subject of debate in the history of philosophical scholarship and can be located in nearly all the epochs of philosophy. The subject however occupies a central space in the medieval epoch that was characterized by religious thinkers. The debate is largely between two schools of thought. There are those who opine that there is no such entity as God. To such thinkers‚ the question of God does not amount to anything but is largely a product of human
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Interstingly‚ even among the faithful there are theories that suggest the idea to know of God’s essence at all is impossible‚ as the great theologian Aquinas remarked: “we do not know the essence of God”11 Clearly‚ there can be little doubt that the Ontological Argument has stimulated huge amounts of debate and even in the last century thinkers‚ philosophers and theologians such as Hick and Malcolm have attempted to rework the argument in a manner of different ways. However‚ despite this constant reworking
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God that purposely causes pain‚ disease and natural disasters. McCloskey also mentions it is unreasonable to live by faith in this world. In this article‚ he argues the three theistic proofs including‚ the argument for design‚ the teleological argument and the cosmological argument. In order to add illusive power to his argument‚ McCloskey uses the work “proof” rather than “theory.” Many of his concepts are accepted as truths but have never been proved one-hundred percent
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