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as a bridge so that people with different understandings can nevertheless come to understand and appreciate one anothers views. ...

than a man can do the same for God, if there is a God. In essence, if God exists then God is a being that is capable of creating a...

reason provides a means of discerning action that is "according to nature" (77). He also cites Augustine in stating that there are...

broke the argument down in a much easier argument (Palmer, 2002). Descartes began with the premise that God is the only being who ...

In six pages this paper argues that a morally omnipotent and perfect God is not possible because of the existence of evil. Eight ...

In nine pages this paper presents the 'First Cause' concept and analytically proves it to be invalid with references made to the t...

In a paper consisting of eight pages the existence of God is predicated on philosophical as opposed to religious supporting argume...

any scientific evidence to prove that a higher power created the universe. It is, most likely, as with humans, a product of evolu...

from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...

experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...

believed deeply in the value of ethics as it related to humans in the natural world. His concept of forming an adequate ethical c...

18). Harrison (2006) credits Aquinas as being the "major figure" in the reintroduction of Aristotelian concepts into Western cul...

attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...

we note that it "covers what we can know by Gods special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition)....

of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...

points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...

theme, in fact, throughout the book, as resentments continued to simmer). Peasants, for the most part, pretty much dont know they ...

In five pages psychology and the foundations laid by philosophy are examined in a discussion of Herodotus, Socrates, Aquinas, Lock...

and a posterior arguments here, there is a priori knowledge of Gods existence but that knowledge is beyond human understanding. In...

did. He punished Adam and Eve for disobeying Him. As one pastor reminds us: "The Bible says that God will hold us accountable for ...

A devout person will say that he or she "sees" "God in all things" (Hodges 101). This person is referring to an act of "intuitive ...

explain why this is so. Descartes also questioned the ability of a dreamer to know whether or not he is dreaming. Many people do a...

Cartesian dualism is also known as the "mind-body problem" and establishes that there are clearly separate and distinct aspects of...

Goldings Lord of the Flies, for example, gives a view of civilised society which is by no means optimistic. He takes a group of ch...

highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...

the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...

thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....

In five pages two of Descartes' arguments are analyzed in terms of the nature of object existence and the determination of dreamin...

defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...

In six pages Descartes' arguments regarding reality and existence as revealed in Meditations are examined along with Searle's obje...