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experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...
conclusion that "a being than which none greater can be conceived can be conceived to be greater than it is," which is "absurd" (A...
Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...
In four pages this paper presents an autobiography of Saint Augustine and also considers his arguments on the existence of God....
the ultimate good. If God has created finite spirits endowed with free will, it must be expected that this free will is going to...
that can render a thought or a concept wrong. One can do a study one day to prove that cholesterol is bad, and then another day, a...
In six pages this research paper and essay considers how God's existence or lack thereof was argued by these three philosophers. ...
In six pages philosophers such as Immanuel Kant and Thomas Aquinas are incorporated into a series of student submitted questions a...
In eight pages this research paper considers philosophical perspectives regarding God's existence and includes David Hume's opposi...
was that pleasure was immediate gratification but the greater good would be realized by a life lived based on principles as the go...
In seven pages this paper examines the perspectives of this seventeenth century philosopher in terms of man's natural existence an...
In three pages philosophers Hume, Descartes, and Aristotle are applied to the concepts of man's nature, the existence of God, and ...
In five pages God's existence as it is considered within the context of Mortimer Adler's How to Think about God A Guide for the 20...
to God or to some type of "Ultimate Reality" (16). Such an experience differs from religious insight in that a religious insight ...
In six pages the proof Descartes offered that God exists is considered but other relevant issues such as why he would have been mo...
In four pages this paper discusses how God's existence is argued through epistemology with Thomas Aquinas' arguments providing evi...
something greater than humans and that is God (Donati, 2002). He offers further proof through mathematical concepts, for instance,...
goodness and evil. They are the opposite ends of a pendulum. If God existed there would be no observable evil. Since we know there...
by Kierkegaard as the individual who lives in response to God, no matter what appearances may be. As an example of the Knight of F...
In three pages the writer criticizes Kierkegaard's argument and counters the philosophical logic used in the contention that reaso...
deep down, but on the surface they are essentially chained and shackled. They are in the dark about a lot of things because they c...
do know for certain that objects exist, we must know of them through the mind and not the senses (Important arguments ...). Desca...
the universe reveals that the natural world provides a graduated scale of existence, from lower beings to those that are higher or...
of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...
is Anselms primary opponent in his argument regarding the existence of God. Kants separation between the analytic and the synthet...
constant when the resultant external force acting on the system is zero" and if the system is the universe there are no external f...
various things as they approach in diverse ways toward something that is the greatest, just as in the case of hotter (more hot) wh...
cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...