potentially extract useful information out of enemy soldiers. There have even been some who torture others merely for personal pleasure. Yet now‚ as we enter the 21st century‚ we somehow have the same attitudes towards torture as our ancestors thousands of years ago. Have we learned nothing from centuries of this barbaric act? Surely our modern minds can come to a conclusive perspective on torture. Proponents of torture argue that it could be necessary to save lives‚ yet critics respond that it is
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Slippery Slope Argument Phil 103 19 April 2006 When one argues against an idea or action‚ one form often used is called the slippery slope argument. In a slippery slope argument‚ one takes a consequentialist view on the action in question‚ then extrapolates the further outcome sometimes based on evidence‚ sometimes not. For example‚ I might argue that my teacher should not eat chocolate ice cream‚ because of two reasons: Eating chocolate ice cream stimulates pleasure centers in the brain
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2.2.5 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Liebniz adds some clarification to Descartes argument in an attempt to strengthen it‚ he argue that’s Descartes has not asserted how coherent the idea of a “perfect being” is‚ Leibniz argues that unless this point is demonstrated then overall argument fails. In order to prevent this Leibniz attempts to analyze what perfection actually means‚ he concludes that this is an impossible task and concludes that it’s impossible to demonstrate all perfections are incompatible
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understanding of the argument’s content. All formal fallacies are specific types of non sequiturs. * Appeal to probability – takes something for granted because it would probably be the case‚ (or might possibly be the case). * Argument from fallacy – assumes that if an argument for some conclusion is fallacious‚ then the conclusion itself is false. * Base rate fallacy – making a probability judgement based on conditional probabilities‚ without taking into account the effect of prior probabilities
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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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Outline of Rowe’s Chapter on the Argument from Contingency in His Philosophy of Religion‚ Part II Notes on Rowe on the Cosmological Argument‚ Part Two: Four Criticisms of the Argument 0. Review 0.1 Dependent beings: a being whose existence is accounted for by the causal activity of other beings 0.2 Self-existent beings: beings whose existence is self-explanatory‚ or accounted for by their own inner nature 0.3 The Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR): There must be an explanation for (a) the
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essay I shall argue that Descartes’ argument for scepticism‚ (Cartesian doubt) conveyed in his First Meditation through three stages of doubt‚ is the most compelling‚ and evaluate the reasons for this being so. • Written as a means for us to better understand what we know‚ not necessarily as a way for Descartes to discuss his own views on why we should be skeptical about everything‚ however the criticisms the Meditations produced can also be contested. To this extent‚ Descartes’ argument is most compelling
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attacks against the “unreasonable”‚ “control fanatics” of the gun control lobby. The author’s bias leaves the reader uninformed about more viable counter-arguments to the rhetoric of the anti-gun sector‚ misrepresents the arguments of the opposing viewpoint‚
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Clarke begins his argument by asserting the obvious--that based on experience‚ all of the beings that surround us today do exist. These beings‚ encountered based on one’s experience‚ are dependent on a prior cause. In other words‚ everything that exists must have been caused by something else that also exists or has existed; and for something finite to exist today‚ such as any being in this world‚ it would mean that there must have been something that has existed since infinity. According to Clarke
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Aquinas have written about God’s existence in their work. In this paper‚ I will discuss Anselm’s ontological argument which begins with the definition of God and ends with the existence of God. I will first introduce the premises and the conclusion of the argument‚ which is that “God is the greatest” and “Therefore He Exists”. Secondly‚ I will focus on the strengths and weaknesses of the argument‚
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