motion‚ his proof of the prime mover and his cosmology. He tried to connect the Christian faith together with the Philosophy of Aristotle’s work in his ’Summa Theologica’. Aquinas used 5 arguments to do this‚ with the first 3 being regarded as the Cosmological Argument‚ as the arguments were coherent and summed up to the same conclusion that; there must be a cause of the cosmos‚ and that cause being God. His main achievement was to bring together faith and reason and Aquinas had used the theory of A
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We laugh about the person who says‚ ‘I know I’m right; don’t confuse me with arguments’. And yet there are times when we find ourselves wanting to say that too. For there are situations in which we feel sure that we know something‚ even though if asked to give a good argument to back up our claim we are at a loss to know quite how to do so. ‘I know you’re the person I spoke to on the bus yesterday.’ ‘I know I have two hands.’ ‘I know it is wrong to let that child starve.’ ‘I know that six minus four
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TERMINATOR TECHNOLOGY AS AN ETHICAL ISSUE IN BUSINESS Introduction The word ethics is can be understood as a set of rules of behavior. Ethics forms the fundamental basic concepts of human conduct of what is wrong or bad. It encompasses universal values such as equality for all humanity‚ natural rights‚ maintaining the rule of the land‚ alarm for health and safety measures‚ and safety for the natural environment. Therefore‚ the standards govern the relationship between people for a mutual benefit
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Alexander Haydon – Essay #2 What came first‚ the chicken or the egg? Philosophers have questioned what came first‚ and the existence of a higher power for thousands of years. Theist‚ Atheist‚ and Agnostic‚ society classifies people based on their answer to the question of the existence of a higher power‚ or God in this case. Aquinas‚ arguably one of the most famous philosophers‚ states that the existence of god can be proven through the five ways‚ an excerpt from his work the Summa Theologica. The
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Chapter 4: A Cyborg Manifesto: Science‚ Technology‚ and Socialist- Feminism in the Late 20th Century* DONNA HARAWAY History of Consciousness Program‚ University of California‚ at Santa Cruz 1. AN IRONIC DREAM OF A COMMON LANGUAGE FOR WOMEN IN THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT This chapter is an effort to build an ironic political myth faithful to feminism‚ socialism‚ and materialism. Perhaps more faithful as blasphemy is faithful‚ than as reverent worship and identification. Blasphemy has always seemed
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Unit 1 – Introduction to Philosophy Chapter 1: Introducing Philosophy Philosophy: thinking about thinking‚ or the love of wisdom Autonomy: the ability to freely make rational decisions Materialism (physicalism): a metaphysical theory‚ developed by the PreSocratic philosophers‚ that says that everything‚ including a person’s thoughts‚ consciousness‚ and personality‚ is composed of matter Philosophical System Builder: someone who tries to construct a complete system of knowledge First-Order
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Quintessence Another genre of model for dark energy are the scalar-field models. Unlike the cosmological constant‚ the scalar-field models are dynamic. They hold that the force causing the accelerating expansion of the universe varies based on time and locations. Moreover‚ as the name suggests‚ scalar fields are used to demonstrate the magnitude at the specified point in space and time. In essence‚ they demonstrate that the fabric of space-time is not homogeneous. Consequently‚ a non-homogeneous
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solely with the inherent nature of the act being judged. If an act is inherently good‚ then even if it results in bad consequences‚ it is still considered a good act. Teleological systems judge the consequences of an act. An act might look bad‚ but if it results in good consequences‚ then it can be defined as good under a teleological system. Ethical formalism is a deontological system because the important determinant for judging whether an act is moral is not its consequence‚ but only the motive
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certain difficulties. The term was made current by Hermann Diels in the nineteenth century‚ and was meant to mark a contrast between Socrates who was interested in moral problems‚ and his predecessors‚ who were supposed to be primarily concerned with cosmological and physical speculation. “Presocratic‚” if taken strictly as a chronological term‚ is not quite accurate‚ for the last of them were contemporaneous with Socrates and even Plato. Moreover‚ several of the early Greek thinkers explored questions
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"purpose". In cultures which have a teleological world view‚ the ends of things are seen as providing the meaning for all that has happened or that occurs. If you think about history as a timeline with a beginning and end‚ in a teleological view of the world and of history‚ the meaning and value of all historical events derives from their ends or purposes. That is‚ all events in history are future-directed. Aristotle’s thought is consistently teleological: everything is always changing and
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