outline the Ontological Argument‚ proposed by Anselm of Canterbury‚ to prove the existence of God (in particular the Christian God). It also discusses Gaunilo’s objection to the ontological argument with the use of the “Lost Island” analogy. And finally offers an opinion as to whether or not Gaunilo’s objection successfully refutes Anselm’s argument. Anselm’s ontological argument‚ sourced from the “Proslogium” (with himself as the author)‚ is a highly controversial argument that aims to prove the
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students hadn’t attended tuition. This would go some way in assuring parents that they don’t have to join the tuition rat race‚ to give their children the edge. But this announcement by the Minister alone cannot do to reduce our nation’s obsession with tuition. I To solve this problem‚ I believe it is first important to realize that desire of tuition largely arises from a justified desire for greater personalized attention. Hence rather than consider this fixation on tuition as a product of our “kiasu”
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The design argument attempts to explain the existence of god through things we can see in the world around us. It is otherwise known as the “teleological argument”. “Telos” is the Greek word for purpose the teleological argument uses the idea of purpose‚ order and complexity which we can observe in the universe in order to explain and attempt to prove the existence of god. The design argument is an a prosteriori argument as it uses experience of the world which can be observed in order to reach
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SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION Despite complaints‚ filed by consumers to the appropriate Government Agencies‚ the Philippines largest drinks manufacturer allegedly keeps on poisoning its national and international clientele. Established in 1890 as a brewery‚ the company is Southeast Asia’s largest publicly listed food‚ beverage and packaging company with over 15‚000 employees in more than 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific. Allegedly about 50 percent of the bottle caps‚ used by the company
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During the 11th Century Saint Anslem came up with an apriori argument which deals with the existence of God. This argument was refuted by Aquinas in the 13th Century‚ while in the 17th century it was revised by Descartes only to then be refuted once more by Immanuel Kant. It was Kant himself who finally gave a name to this argument to which today we know it as the Ontological Argument. With works such as ‘Fides Quaerense Intellectum’ and ‘Proslogian’ Anslem tried to prove and show that certain Christian
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This paper will seek to summarize and analyze Richard Taylor’s "cosmological argument." In the cosmological argument as presented by Richard Taylor he states that there is an explanation behind everything regardless of whether it is teleological or not‚ and that the universe requires an explanation. This is known principle of sufficient reason. In his argument he states: “-there is some explanation for the existence of anything whatever‚ some reason why it should exist rather than not. The sheer
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Turkish students can get qualified education from their university. High education costs forces Turkish students to think about not only their education and future‚ but also their tuition fees and other expenses. In Turkey state universities are nearly free but in US State Universities’ students have to pay $3‚700 for tuition‚ so
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this question. Different people give different answers to me‚ and I want to show all of my questions and my own point of view of myself. I wanted to come straight to the first question to ask people "Do you think it is worth it to pay expensive tuition fees to go to university?"Few people against paying too much money to go to university‚ they do not think it is worth it. However most of people think that it is worth to go to universities with paying lots of money. I guess they may have the opinion
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Many philosophers make arguments to try and prove God existence‚ while many of them think they have succeeded. Just a few of the philosophers that are still taught today‚ consist of: St. Anselm‚ Gaunilo and Descartes. These three philosophers all have their own arguments for Gods existence‚ and they all differ in many ways. Philosophers even like to make arguments that refute other philosophers’ arguments. St. Anselm was born in 1033 and died in 1109. St. Anselm was a well-known philosopher in his
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The Cosmological Argument‚ also known as the First Clause Argument‚ is an a posteriori argument that attempts to prove the existence of God through the idea of there being an uncaused first cause (God) to the creation of the universe. Christina philosopher Saint Thomas Aquinas is known for arguing in this manner in which he wrote‚ “The Five Ways”. From then on‚ the Cosmological Argument has become one of the most controversial and convincing arguments as to the existence of God. In what follows
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