Ontological Argument Video When someone say a possible world they mean as hypothetical situation. It is generally a way for philosophers to test an idea to see if it is logically by asking could it exists in a possible world like our own.Three ways entities are defined in ontological argument are impossible it’s an entity that exists in no possible worlds‚ contingent an entity that exists in some possible worlds. God is defined as a maximally great being which means love‚wisdom‚ and power. The lesser
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The Ontological Argument itself was proposed by Saint Anselm‚ who was the Archbishop of Canterbury. This argument was proposed in order to prove the existence of God‚ and since its creation has caused quite a bit of controversy. This argument is also known as a reduction ad absurdum‚ known more colloquially as “reduces to absurdity”‚ of Atheism as it draws a deep comparison between two beings where one only exists in understanding while the other exactly similar being exists in reality. This is one
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Part 2: Proving God’s existence to an atheist- Teleological Argument First‚ some atheist arguments that may be brought up in the beginning is as follows: God is omnibenevolent and would thus desire to eliminate evil‚ and God is omnipotent and thus could eliminate evil. Evil exists in the world‚ thus God does not exist since evil exists. This is a common argument that may come up about the existence of evil in the world. Most of the evil in the world only occurs because we choose to create it. When
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The argument for design has evolved over time as both theologians and philosophers have needed to adjust their arguments supporting this theory to address an ever changing landscape of scientific‚ biological and cosmological discovery. Despite this the essence of the argument remains intact those in support of the theory would argue that our existence on this earth and in this universe is far too complex a chain of events to have happened by chance. That in fact the existence of the universe is itself
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the argument about how the universe was created; one of the most prominent of these arguments is the Teleological argument‚ also known as the argument from design. The argument from design is based around the idea that the universe is too complex to have just appeared. William Paley uses a wrist watch as an example to describe this idea in more depth. Although there are many other idea that attempt to prove that there is not a creator‚ such as Darwin’s theory of evolution‚ the Teleological argument
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and weaknesses of ontological argument The Ontological Argument was‚ and still is‚ a hot-topic for debate among philosophers; many famous philosophers have published criticisms of the theory including Immanuel Kant and St. Thomas Aquinas. This obviously raises questions regarding whether or not this argument works. While there is no clear-cut answer to these questions‚ I personally believe that the negatives of this argument outweigh the positives‚ thereby making it a weak argument. The first published
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October 2012 Evaluation of the Teleological Argument The teleological argument argues that the universe must have had a designer‚ therefore implying the existence of a Supreme Being. This argument strongly relies on observations of the apparent design and orderly complexity within the universe that has existed long before humans inhabited and affected it. Everything is here for a reason‚ and everything has a purpose. From these main points‚ the teleological argument claims that the only way that
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Genesis 1:1 That is how the Bible starts. But what or who is this God mentioned in this verse? Does God exist? Is the universe the product of a fortuitous event or it was created by a "superior being"? These questions and many others have been asked by men‚ thinkers and philosophers for thousands of years and to try to answer these questions we need to begin by defining God. It is important to mention that‚ by trying to define God‚ we are putting limits to what God is. In fact‚ the word "define" sets
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In the second part of the reading by William Lane Craig and James D. Sinclair‚ the authors give reasons to support the kalam cosmological argument. Overall‚ they provided good arguments to support their claims. There was one part of the passage that I had a different idea on. There was a passage where the authors used a boiling kettle as an analogy to the universe. The authors reasoned that there were two explanations to the question‚ “Why is the kettle boiling?” One being a scientific explanation
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different arguments which attempt to help us understand more about the existence of God. One of these arguments is the Cosmological Argument which is essentially a theory which consists of 8 main points‚ but this essay will highlight the origins of the argument‚ the developments by Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas and some criticisms by David Hume and Immanuel Kant and coming to a conclusion of how successfully the Cosmological Argument proves the existence of God. The first form of the Cosmological Argument
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