Outline the cosmological argument for the existence of God (21) The Cosmological argument is an argument that attempts to prove the existence of God‚ it is also known as the causation argument which argues that as all events require a cause‚ if the universe is an event it must have a cause and that cause is God. The argument is a posteriori because its based on evidence that already exists in the universe. The cosmological argument is also inductive because the conclusion is what
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Wednesday‚ May 17 - Why does Phineas deny the existence of the war? Explain your answer with references to the text. Although it is very apparent that there is a war being fought‚ Finny continues to hide from the reality and doubts the existence of the war. The reason for this was because of the fact that he could not participate in it and he is therefore denying its existence. In the book‚ Brinker approaches Gene and questions him about the fact that he has not made any steps towards enlisting
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Asexuality is simply put as the absence of sexual attraction towards any gender. It’s not a synonym for chastity or abstinence; it is a sexuality on its own‚ separate from any choices a person makes or romantic feelings a person has. My first memory of ever revealing that I might consider myself asexual was the response‚ “So you can produce your own offspring?” This idiotic question came from the same 14-year-old who later decided that I can’t be asexual because I “have to like one or the other.”
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The convergence of dreams and reality is all too common in a world dominated by consumerism‚ media‚ and pop culture‚ as Williams illustrates in her essay “The Dream World of Mass Consumption” (1991). “By appealing to the fantasies of the consumer” (Williams‚ 1991‚ p. 203) entertainment and business have timelessly capitalized on dreams that are out of reach for the majority of society. However‚ media and pop culture have gone further‚ hereby influencing the behaviors and beliefs of its audiences
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A. Catherine‚ our main character‚ wants proof of many things‚ mainly proof that she isn’t crazy like her dad ended up being‚ and establish her own legacy. She also wanted to prove that the prime number proof that she led Harold Dobbs to find is her work‚ and not her dad’s. I think that her main proof is to sort of separate herself from her father‚ because the movie starts with Catherine talking to her deceased father‚ asking and discussing the nature of her father’s craziness‚ and if she will end
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In Plato’s dialogue Phaedo‚ there are a series of arguments presented by Socrates as proofs for the existence of the soul after death. The final and most convincing argument works as a direct application of Socrates’ idea of the Forms. Socrates begins to examine the question of whether the soul exists after death by establishing the basis upon which his proof must function. Socrates takes his idea of Forms to be the most certain of all of his theories and so he contends that it ought to be the basis
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The Existence of Good and Evil Since the time of The Bible and the creation of Adam and Eve‚ good and evil has existed in man. For example‚ in Mary Shelly novel‚ Frankenstein‚ the creature tells us that “is man‚ indeed‚ at once so powerful‚ so virtuous‚ and magnificent‚ yet so vicious and base? He appears at one time a mere scion of the evil principle and at another as all that can be conceived of noble and godlike.” He is questioning the existence of good and evil in all men. How can a person
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both are fruits but serve different purposes. Pascal and Descartes are both philosophers‚ and both looked at and theorized about God. However‚ they came from different perspectives‚ with different goals in mind. Descartes was looking to prove the existence of God and the authenticity of sense perception. Pascal was not trying to prove or disprove anything‚ instead‚ he was arguing for the reasonableness of faith. Further‚ the underlying principles beneath their ideas are also fundamentally different
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In Thomas Aquinas’ Five Proofs for God’s Existence argument‚ the first argument states that there has to be a first mover‚ a God‚ which sets everything in motion. Many scientific theories and studies have disproved the existence of a God. The logic behind the first mover‚ a God‚ is unconvincing because the bible’s story of creation conflicts with the big bang theory. The bible proposes that the universe was created over the course of seven days‚ whereas the big bang theory suggests the process
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Lauren Cole ‘A disembodied existence after death is entirely possible’ Discuss. Plato takes a dualist view and therefore believes that a disembodied existence is entirely possible and the soul is distinct from the body. At our death‚ the soul is set free from the body where it has been ‘imprisoned’ and it is now able to achieve its ultimate goal and reach the world of the forms. The soul is the only immortal part of the body and survived the world of the forms before it came entrapped in the
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