(Design/creation) argument Teleological arguments are arguments from the order in the universe to the existence of God. The name “the teleological argument” is derived from the Greek word telos‚ meaning end or purpose. The most plausible suggestion is that the universe is so because it was created by an intelligent being in order to accomplish that purpose‚ than it is so to suppose that it is this way by chance. William Paley made the most cited statement of the argument‚ and he linked the
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noticing here that he pre-assumes that the soul exists‚ so his central argument is not about whether the soul exists‚ but whether it is immortal. One of his arguments is that the soul is invincible‚ and invincible things can’t be destroyed‚ so the soul is immortal. I shall explain more fully this argument in the next paragraph. Then I shall offer my objection on his premise that invincible things can’t be destroyed‚ and thus how his argument of the immortality of the soul is invaid. Socrates starts by making
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Europe have more active sex lives than teens in America. So what is the root cause of this epidemic? There are many; ones that society can and cannot control. Some of these problems are a no-brainer fix‚ while others stem from more complex backgrounds. These root causes vary from popularizing teen pregnancy through modern pop culture‚ all the way to socio-economic classes the teen mothers in question grow up in. Some may even argue pure teenage rebellion and irresponsibility on the teen’s part‚
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outlines his Ontological argument in the form of a prayer spoken directly to God. As a firm believer in God‚ Anselm wished to prove God’s existence and confirm his strong faith by using logic and reason. The Ontological argument is a priori and is based on deductive reasoning because it seeks to prove the existence of God from the understanding of the attributes of the God of classical theism. Chapter Two of the Proslogion introduces Anselm’s argument. The first part of the argument focuses on the definition
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Honors October 9‚ 2012 Hume’s argument for skepticism about induction states that we can use induction‚ like causation‚ to gain knowledge. We must rely on induction to draw conclusions in everyday life because it is the only resource we have to work with. However‚ we must realize the limitations of induction. Philosopher Karl Popper successfully undermines Hume’s problem of induction by proving that induction is not needed in science and that Hume’s argument is circular. Karl Popper argued
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DIVISIBILITY ARGUMENT This paper will discuss the dualism’s Divisibility Argument. This argument relies on Leibniz’s Law and uses a different property to prove the distinctness of brain states of mental states. Mary‚ who is a materialist‚ presents several objections to that argument. Her main objection corresponds to the first/third-person approach. She believes that Dave presents that argument only from the first-person approach‚ which is introspection‚ and totally disregards the third-person
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people in different religions. For example‚ Al Aqsa Mosque‚ it was the first place where Muslims turns to pray then it changed toward Mecca‚ and it is the third holiest place for Muslims‚ they come from the entire world to visit and pray in it. Another place that Christian people come to visit is The Church of the Holy Sepulcher‚ where Christians believe that the church was built because Jesus was buried there. Also‚ this church is the place of pilgrimage. Christians from all denominations comes every
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Gun control has been a huge controversial topic in recent years‚ jumping in and out of the eye of the mainstream news media‚ depending on how often gun violence had come up. Since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting of December 2012‚ gun control has been one of the most disputed topics. President Barack Obama recently passed a new gun laws‚ and on January 30th‚ 2013‚ the Vice President of the National Rifle Association‚ Wayne LaPierre‚ testified before the U.S. Senate. Editorial cartoonist
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The story of his life In the young Chin Peng interest once read print materials and highlights developments in China. At that time a dispute between Chiang Kai Shek and Mao Tse Tung. Japan army seized Manchuria and China dominate the interior. China country is the birthplace of the father and his ancestors in the Kwantung. During his youth 15 years‚ Chin Peng have a feeling that is close to the western educated nationalist Chiang Kai Shek who dominate the southern China and Taiwan. But
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THE MORAL ARGUMENT How do we explain the fact that people often refrain from immoral acts even when there is no risk of their being caught? There are many formulations of the moral argument but they all have as their starting point the phenomenon (fact) of moral conscience. In essence the moral argument poses the question: where does our conscience‚ our sense of morality come from if not from God? It also asserts that if we accept the existence of objective moral laws we must accept the existence
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