Explain Descartes version of the ontological argument? Ontology is the branch of philosophy that explores the whole concept of existence. Thomas Aquinas argued that a reason as to why the ontological argument does not work is that we do not know what God is‚ Descartes disagreed with this. Descartes‚ who was a very influential mathematician‚ philosopher and scientist‚ believed‚ similarly to Anselm and Plato previously‚ that human beings mind’s are imprinted with concepts such as equality‚ cause‚
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d Practice We live in time – it holds us and moulds us – but I never felt I understand it very well… I mean ordinary everyday time‚ which clocks and watches assure us passes regularly: tick-tock‚ click clock… time is supposed to measure history isn’t it? But‚ if we can’t understand time‚ can’t grasp its mysteries of pace and progress‚ what chance do we have with history – even our own small‚ personal‚ largely undocumented piece of it? Julian Barnes (2011: 3‚ 60) Time must be brought to light
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fire is the sun; and the climb upward is the journey of the mind towards knowledge (Philosophy: Q&T‚ p.9). The Allegory of the Cave sdeals with one of the vital discussions in metaphysics: to distinguish between reality and appearance. Just like ontology‚ it deals with the nature of being and reality (Philosophy: Q&T‚ p.114). The prisoners symbolize the majority of people. Just like how the prisoners perceive the shadows as real‚ most people believe that everything they see‚ taste‚ hear‚ and smell
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Name: Professor: Course: Date: Arche Arche is a Greek term that means the ultimate principle‚ source‚ reason‚ origin‚ cause or the beginning of something. According to the Greek philosopher; Aristotle‚ arche is a principle or an element of something which is intangible and cannot be demonstrated but it offers the factors of the likelihood of that something. It explains how everything was made out of a primal element or substance; as a cause. The arche concept developed a starting point for valid
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Phil 4 Midterm Study Guide Introduction: - Ontology is the study of being‚ kinds of things that exists‚ the different kinds of being. What is ultimately real? - Material: spatial/public/mechanical - Immaterial: nonspatial/private/teleological - Materialism: Matter is truly real and immaterial things are not - Idealism: Ideas are ultimately real - Dualism: Reality is both material and immaterial - Monism: There’s one single reality Lau Tzu (Laozi): - Taos analogy to water: water
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According to Ian Hacking Making Up people‚ based on historical analysis‚ where it refers to the simultaneous process whereby new ideas serve to create newly categorized kind of people. In order to illustrate the ways in which how people are made up‚ Ian proposed a new theory called dynamic nominalism‚ a middle ground between traditional nominalism which contends that “all categories‚ classes‚ and taxonomies are given by human minds rather than nature” (165) and traditional realism which contends
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The LSD “trip” is a complex interaction of many factors‚ but the crucial variables that influence the effects and duration of the “trip” are set and setting. An LSD “trip” is characterised by: • Emotional lability: from euphoria to despair and back; cascading emotions and emergence of repressed material; subsequent “flooding” of consciousness • Distortion in chronicity (time): merging of past‚ present and future • Wave-like sensations of perceptual change • Visual pseudo-hallucinations
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nonetheless important. Ancient philosophy is grounded on Being or Logos‚ which is something objective and not according to one’s own ideas alone. Truth and justice are eventually grounded on being. Here marks the beginning of western philosophy. Ontology or metaphysics comes from the Greek term ontos which means being‚ thus it is the study of being as being Aristotle talks of four levels of beings: Man – being capable of laughter and language (henceforth rational) Animals – capable of sense consciousness
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“The thesis of medieval ontology (Scholasticism)” that has its roots in Aristotle. 2. The modern ontological thesis‚ which take the basic modes of being as res cogitans (Being of the mind)‚ and res extensa (Being of nature). 3. A broad thesis of logic which identifies
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Philosophies of Education |Philosophy |Cosmology |Theology |Anthropology |Ontology |Epistemology |Ethics |Aesthetics | |Existentialism |Believe in the freedom to choose. |- The universe and humans exist during the same time. | -Existence precedes essence: there is no God and no fixed human nature | -Man is entirely free and wholly responsible for himself-point of awareness. | -It is we ourselves who shape our lives. -Humans have a materialistic relation-ship with nature and society. | -How
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