Aristotle’s view of space shapes his understanding and ultimately formulates his unconvincing arguments against the existence of the void. This can be most seen in his partial rejection of his container theory for space. To begin‚ it will be important to understand the framework for Aristotle’s investigation into both space and non-space. In the fourth chapter of fourth book‚ Aristotle begins by determining the conditions and characteristics that define space. According to Aristotle‚ there are 5
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Socrates Worldview Origin This question focuses on why there is something rather than nothing. Socrates uses the theory of recollection as evidence to prove his theory of creation. This theory of creation introduces that our souls have an existence before this earthly life. Socrates believes that‚ “…the living have come from the dead no less than the dead from the living” (72a Phaedo). He then takes the previous statement and concludes‚ “…that if this was so‚ it was a sufficient proof that
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Plato argues that the soul comprises of three parts namely rational‚ appetitive‚ and the spirited. These parts also match up the three ranks of a just community. Personal justice involves maintaining the three parts in the proper balance‚ where reason rules while appetite obeys. According to Plato‚ the appetitive part of the soul is the one that is accountable for the desires in people. It is accountable for the effortless cravings required to stay alive like hunger‚ thirst‚ and for pointless cravings
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What would you think if you came across a perfectly crafted watch in the middle of the dessert? Philosopher William Paley asked himself the same question and came to the elaborate conclusion of a teleological argument for the existence of an intelligent designer and the order of the universe. In his book‚ Natural Theology‚ Paley points out that the complexity of the randomly placed watch proves that there must exist a watch maker. He then makes the connection that the
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During the 11th Century Saint Anslem came up with an apriori argument which deals with the existence of God. This argument was refuted by Aquinas in the 13th Century‚ while in the 17th century it was revised by Descartes only to then be refuted once more by Immanuel Kant. It was Kant himself who finally gave a name to this argument to which today we know it as the Ontological Argument. With works such as ‘Fides Quaerense Intellectum’ and ‘Proslogian’ Anslem tried to prove and show that certain Christian
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Time behaves in very odd ways and is hard to observe since it is not visible as objects are. McTaggart argues against the existence of time : 1. Time necessarily involves change and consists of events in an order 2. An event is the contents of a particular moment in time 3. Order is the only thing that could change about events 4. Events cannot change in order‚ an event that is earlier than another will always be earlier 5. Events cannot change 6. Time does not exist (1) is a common claim about
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Simmias objected to Socrates stating that the soul would vanish as the body dies. He brings up the argument of the soul’s existence by using an instrumental example. There is a lyre and a harmony‚ which represents a body and a soul. The lyre and the body are both visible while the harmony and the soul are invisible. He brings up a different perspective than Socrates: “... the soul is a kind of harmony‚ then clearly when our body’s tuning is disturbed … The soul… must instantly vanish‚ like the
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Blackburn is wrong for claiming that the existence of evil calls for a God that isn’t all-good‚ all-knowing‚ and all-powerful. What brought me to this conclusion is his inability to look at things from different perspectives which can cloud or mislead judgement. Blackburn’s main argument is that we evidently face evil in our world so clinging onto the idea of our God being perfect becomes more and more difficult the more you look into it. To support this argument‚ he brings up an example of a management
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Descartes constructs an argument for God’s existence on page 32-34 of his third meditation titled: Concerning God and He Exists. In this paper‚ I will summarize Descartes’s argument in my own words. Descartes is trying to find where his thoughts of God are coming from. He knows they couldn’t come from himself because for one he doubts‚ he has desires and he lacks stuff. Now‚ he is calling into question whether they are from his parents‚ but there is a problem with that interpretation too because
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This week‚ the topic of discussion was on William Rowe’s argument on if evil exists or not. I believe that evil does exist. It is not a religious thing‚ I guess for me‚ it’s a morals thing. If there was no evil‚ how would we know what good is and vice versa? Who is to say what is good and what is bad? Mr. Rowe brought up some good points on evil and its existence. In the article that was assigned for us to read‚ Mr. Rowe states three problems. They are if pointless evils exist‚ then God does
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