1D) One major problem with Descartes view is the way in which he proves the existence of God. The idea that the idea of perfection can only come from perfection. The reason that this is not a sound argument is because it is easy for us to simply examine our own qualities and imagine a better version of them. For example. A person may be frail and weak‚ but that is no reason as to why they would be unable to imagine a person who is much stronger than themselves. Once you take all qualities and magnify
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Demon doubt because his argument does not prove that God’s existence would not prevent the serious errors in judgment and perception caused by the Evil Demon doubt. Descartes uses the Evil Demon hypothesis to prove that all one knows for sure that they exist. All other knowledge can conceivably be the result of a powerful evil demon with malicious intent. To call reality into doubt‚ Descartes
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Best Explanations Approach – Existence of God is the best explanation for certain effects we see in the universe. I can only prove what I can see‚ taste‚ hear – but electrons (we can’t see‚ taste or hear it); black holes (we can’t see‚ taste or hear) we just see the effects that we see that the best explanation is that there are electrons and black holes and god. Defeasible – Possibly could be wrong. Defeater‚ if true could defeat the argument of God’s existence. Cumulative Cases Approach
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God’s existence has remained a very heated argument that has been carried down through generations. Several arguments have been brought forward by those who are against the claim that God exists as well as by those who are for the argument. These arguments can be of cosmological or teleological nature. Cosmological arguments are based on philosophical laws as they try to argue for or against the origin of man and how they help describe the origin of God’s existence. Teleological arguments on the
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God‚ in all of his/her perfection‚ is very important in Descartes ’ philosophy. Reality and deception are big parts of Descartes philosophy‚ and to verify what reality is‚ God needs to be considered. God needs to be taken out of a religious context and be proven to exist in a way that we cannot be deceived into only thinking he ’s real. Religion had to be discarded completely during this proof so that Descartes can undoubtedly state that God does exist and that religious teaching had no influence
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Defining existence as a predicate‚ or a property of God’s nature is essential within the ontological argument and many scholars have attacked the argument on this basis. My opinion is that existence cannot be seen to be a predicate of God or a predicate of anything else either. Even if we assume that existence can be seen to be a predicate that something can have‚ I believe that the ontological argument fails in proving that existence is a predicate of God. Like Hume has argued‚ the whole basis
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The wager itself is not an argument made to prove the existence of God‚ choosing to believe in God‚ or choosing to not believe in any god‚ does not prove or disprove the existence of God. According to the French philosopher‚ Gabriel Marcel‚ neither the existence nor the non-existence of God can be proven‚ and neither is one more rationale than the other‚ yet both are a result of faith. Deciding whether or not to devote your life to a deity‚ is an important decision‚ one that should not be made lightly
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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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Chain of Being by subtly questioning God. When Shakespeare was writing A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ coarse ideas weren’t allowed. He uses the fairies and as a way to question God. Using the fairies’ magic powers‚ he makes the lovers fall for one another randomly. Shakespeare is establishing that love is random because he isn’t including what most people thought was real; God. Henceforth‚ he is disrupting the Great Chain of Being by questioning the existence of God. The subjectivity in the play has
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produce many of our country’s leaders. As a teacher‚ what is your responsibility at this point? What is your responsibility to the student‚ to the school‚ to the community‚ and to the world? Try and address each of the responsibilities in your argument. - Well obviously if this student got accepted to Harvard and Yale‚ he must be very brilliant. The fact that he came to the teacher in seek of advice‚ he probably has a guilty conscious. As for him being poor‚ I would tell him that life isn’t
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