In Meditations on First Philosophy‚ René Descartes outlines his proof for the existence of God. However‚ philosopher David Hume offers a rebuttal in An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding that questions not only Descartes’ proof for God but also his notion concerning how humans acquire knowledge. In what follows‚ I will examine Descartes’ proof for God’s existence and then argue that Hume would disagree with it. Furthermore‚ Hume responds to Descartes’ claims that God is the source of our knowledge
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave depicts a scene in which people are chained up in a cave‚ that forces them to face the back wall without the ability to turn their heads. There is a fire burning behind them that casts light onto the wall. Objects are held in front of the fire like a puppet show and all the people can see is the shadows of the objects. These humans have been chained in the cave since birth and the shadows that they see are what they believe to be reality. Some of the prisoners might comment
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“Breaking My Chains” Mathematics from my perspective is another form of breaking out of the allegory in a cave‚ because once enlightenment was evident in the headache that is also known as Mathematics‚ one begins to understand how this headache of a process enlightens one to think logically and more cognitively in the revolutionized modern society; therefore‚ if an individual person connects the concept of “An Allegoric Cave” with the perception of reality‚ that individual will be able to find all
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Throughout history‚ meanings of reality appear arbitrary‚ as no chronological or cultural pattern exists. One representation of reality‚ according to Socrates‚ is that “in the visible realm‚ it produces both light and its source‚ and that in the intelligible realm” (203). Socrates defines reality by defining what it is not: representation. Initially‚ I will talk about what Socrates considers reality and what he considers not reality and why art and poetry are only a representation. Next‚ I will
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The intentionality hidden behind even the most conventional actions and objects is taken for granted. Everything is done‚ said‚ or placed because someone made it happen. For instance‚ a discarded coffee cup may not warrant a second glance to a person passing by. Disregarded is the concept that someone filled the cup‚ someone drank from it‚ and someone will clear it away. If a closer look is taken‚ this underlying intention can be discovered. American poet Elizabeth Bishop explored this idea through
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave relates to social media use in that the media has developed and maintained a strong hold on society‚ similarly as to how the cave encapsulates the prisoners. Nowadays‚ media has become the basis of truth‚ where society soaks in this information and takes it as fact. However‚ how can one determine if these findings that are presented are genuine or just a mere illusion? Plato’s Allegory of the Cave explains how people only base their perception of the world on their experiences
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ID: 010826133 Argument #4 Against Material Substance: The Epistemological Argument (Principles Version) To Show: We only have two ways of knowing- immediately or mediately‚ and material substance is unknowledgeable (even if it exists). Motivations: To show the difference between immediate and mediate perceptions. To show that bodies cannot exist without the mind To show that all bodies are internal‚ and external bodies (apart from the mind) do not exist. To prove materialists wrong (-- removed
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Through Descartes first three meditations he arrives at a conclusion that the only things we know with absolute certainty are‚ that my own thoughts and god exist. He solidifies this stance by two foundational arguments laid out in the first meditation to build off of. I find that these arguments to reach these beliefs to be flawed by Descartes own reasoning and by scientific advancements made since his time. Before I can debate these arguments I need to outline Descartes purpose and reasoning for
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One of the hermeneutical strategies used by Nazianzus is the incomprehensibility of God. God is something that can never be fully described by human words‚ as the subject of God “is impossible to [express]‚ and yet more impossible to conceive‚” as no human can see the face of God and live to tell the tale. Nazianzus defines God by what God is‚ but does not try to “comprehend the whole of so great a subject as this‚” because it is impossible. Dr. Valeria A. Karras‚ an assistant professor of Church
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Parmenides thought he lived in a continuous world where change does not exist and nothing comes into being or ceases to be. This ideology that change does not exist was rejected by later philosophers such as Aristotle. In Aristotle’s Physics‚ he discusses what governs nature and the world around us‚ such as the concept of change. Through his four causes and the principle of privation‚ Aristotle successfully explains how it is possible for change to occur in the modern world by showing that change
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