“Explain the argument from religious experience for the existence of God.”30 marks Expect different forms of the argument from religious experience‚ e.g. inductive argument‚ direct awareness‚ cumulative argument. Also expect reference to Swinburne’s principle of credulity and principle of testimony. Maximum Level 2 if summary of types of religious experience with no reference to argument for God. ------------------------------------------------- Level 7 for one fully developed argument‚ or two
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The dichotomy of birth and death characterizes human existence. Life is the collection of experiences amassed between the moment of birth and the moment of death. It is a blip of existence determined by the temporal and spatial intersection of fate. To be alive is to change‚ but this change also precipitates nonexistence; from the initiation of existence‚ life is a series of gradual changes leading to the ultimate change of death. This human theme of impermanence is reflected not only in human life
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In Descartes’ Meditations On First Philosophy specifically the 6th Meditation’s 10th paragraph‚ Descartes goes through the process of‚ what he believes to be‚ proving the conclusion: That corporeal objects do exist. In this essay Descartes’ argument will be deconstructed into its premises‚ explaining those premises‚ reconstructing the argument‚ and lastly evaluation of the validity and soundness of his argument. Descartes begins his argument my stating his first premise‚ which is that he has the
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How convincing is the Kalam argument as proof of the existence of Allah The first premise is relatively uncontroversial‚ and is rooted in the metaphysical principle that out of nothing‚ nothing comes. The denial of the first premise‚ although strictly logically possible‚ is metaphysically unactualizable. By definition‚ nothing has no potentialities. Thus‚ it is impossible for something to arise out of nothing‚ for how can its existence be actualized if the potential is not there? The truth of the
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examine one of Descartes ’ arguments for the existence of God Descartes ’ Meditation III provides a causal and cosmological argument that God exists. Having used the Method of Doubt in Meditations I and II in order to reject his false beliefs‚ Descartes assumes that the only things he knows at this point are the conclusions reached at Meditations I and II. Having also doubted judgements in arithmetic and geometry because of the possibility of the existence of an evil demon‚ Descartes wishes to find
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argument for the existence of God (18) The ontological argument rests on the premise that the universe’s existence is contingent- it depends on something else to exist. The argument is deductive‚ analytic and a priori‚ and was first formed by St. Anselm‚ who prayed for a short argument that would prove God to be “that than which nothing greater can be conceived”. This prayer was called the proslogion and tried to prove God by means of reductio ad absurdum‚ which states that the existence of God is logically
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Reasoning Gods existence This paper will talk about reasoning Gods existence‚ St. Thomas Aquinas’ three arguments for Gods existence using reason alone‚ and human reason limitations with regard to knowing God. St. Thomas Aquinas was a 13th century theologian and doctor of the church. He was born in 1226 to a righteous family in Italy and was taken in by Benedictines at age five. At age ten he went on to study at Naples University. St. Thomas Aquinas was almost smarter than his own teachers. He
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Douglas Gasking gave his arguments against the existence of God. Premise 1 of his argument looks fine. World is a greatest creation. If there is no world‚ then there is no human life. Premise 2 is also reasonable. The creation of a thing merely depends upon the two things- quality of the creation and ability of the creator. Because when we see any creation‚ first we talk about it’s quality. Premise 3 is logical in some sense. Let us take the example of a painting. There is a painter who is normal
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Does the existence of evil in our world disprove God’s existence? March 23‚ 2011 The argument of the problem of evil contends that the existence of an omniscient‚ omnibenevolent‚ and omnipotent God is incompatible with the existence of evil in the world‚ which can be observed in war‚ genocide‚ and human suffering. One could respond to this argument by stating that human evil is a result of free will‚ which is the God-given ability to make decisions which are either good or evil. In this
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purpose. It infers the existence of God from a particular aspect or character of the world‚ namely the presence of order‚ regularity and purpose‚ and thus‚ is most commonly known as the design argument; it postulates the idea of a designer for all that has been designed. As its name suggests‚ the teleological argument attempts to seek the ultimate end or purpose. Furthermore‚ the teleological argument holds the belief that this designer is the primary cause of such existences‚ and is therefore what
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