and proving the existence of God. By proving that God is the one that gives us a clear and different perception which means‚ that God is perfect in every way and the he does not deceive anyone. Because of this he is able to secure a sense of certainty for these clear and distinct perceptions‚ therefore he is setting out to prove that God exists. He gives two arguments for the existence of God. He gives a role God plays in his theory of knowledge. I agree with Descartes argument about his theory
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The age old debate for theism is obviously whether or not God exist. But more so‚ theists seem to have trouble when proving their argument for the existence of a necessary intelligent being. Not only do atheists have the governing laws of science‚ but it seems they have logic on their side. For theists can present countless arguments without presenting any intelligible proof. We are rational‚ sentient human beings and we need logic in order to accept a premise. It is contradictory to human nature
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the existence of God and the attributes that are associated with him. However‚ David Hume would refute these claims saying‚ through his dialogues that we cannot know the attributes or even for that matter the existence. During this paper I will analyze Descartes and Paley’s arguments in comparison with David Hume’s arguments that
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Bustamante HZT 4U1 Buonafede‚ D. April 18‚ 2017 Argument for God’s Existence In post-modern era‚ society is more inclined towards modern philosophy. This results in people to be composed of social construct and ideologies such as socialism‚ capitalism‚ feminism and progressivism. Thus‚ the causality of fragmentation in a Western society are due to the clash of conflicting ideologies. In order to counteract the ideology‚ one must argue the existence of God. It is a common reality which one can presuppose
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The Existence of God & The Evil in us All 1- Does God exist? (Anselm vs. Gaunilo) (Bertrand Russell) Does God Exist? St.Anselm‚ Archbishop of Canterbury “The Ontological Argument” claims to both prove and disprove God’s existence. However this arguments possess a certain sense of ambiguity‚ meaning that it can be interpreted in different ways and therefore come away with more than one sensible conclusion towards the existence of God. In this paper i will delve in to each argument and give reasons
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Are Aquinas’ arguments for the existence of God convincing? Do they have any value? Needless to say‚ Aquinas upset many of the popular theological ideas prevalent before him. Even though his work was unfinished at the time of his death‚ his ideas were brought into the theology of the church‚ giving Christianity a genuine intellectual and rational foundation. Aquinas’ work influenced the philosophical climate of the day and gave reason a legitimate place in Christian theology. One of Thomas’s
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principle of causality in relation to the existence of God and the world?
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Plato’s Phaedo (pronounced /ˈfiːdoʊ/‚ Greek: Φαίδων‚ Phaidon‚ gen.: Φαίδωνος) is one of the great dialogues of his middle period‚ along with the Republic and the Symposium. The Phaedo‚ which depicts the death of Socrates‚ is also Plato’s seventh and last dialogue to detail the philosopher’s final days (the first six being Theaetetus‚ Euthyphro‚ Sophist‚ Statesman‚ Apology‚ and Crito). In the dialogue‚ Socrates discusses the nature of the afterlife on his last day before being executed by drinking
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The debate of whether God exists or does not has been going on from the time of the ancient philosophers such as St. Aquinas and St. Anselm‚ who both supported the existence of God‚ whereas‚ many years later there were those who tried to disprove the arguments presented. Some of these disbelievers include Immanuel Kant‚ Friedrich Nietzsche and David Hume‚ all whom argue that God does not indeed exist. Although God is considered dead and nonexistent by many‚ he does indeed exist because something
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The Cosmological Argument is not a Strong Argument for the Existence of God Mardi Campbell PHI 208 Prof. Michele Clearman-Warner March 11‚ 2013 The Cosmological Argument is not a Strong Argument for the Existence of God The Cosmological Argument for the existence of God is one of the most famous of all philosophical arguments that address the existence of a supernatural being who created the material universe. The supernatural being whom created the material universe is the logical
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