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a philosopher, Philo a skeptic and Demea a theologian. Well see if this is correct and analyze one of the arguments. Cleanthes O...

it is also the case that in general terms, people seem to believe what they see. They do not see atoms and they do see a solid mas...

of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...

In six pages Scottish philosopher David Hume's skepticism concerning the existence of miracles is discussed which although interes...

that the repetition of events in no way created "cause" and that there is not existing interdependence on actions that could be de...

his own observation and experience" (Hume). In other words, an old dog, due to his experience, knows the rabbit will double back. ...

questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...

all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...

a perfect idea has to have been placed in the human mind by a perfect being or God, which is equivalent to Descartes Third Meditat...

one thing causing another to come into existence. While scientists can argue persuasively that the Big Bang was the beginning of t...

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...

of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...

the idea of punishment; the God of the Old Testament is particularly fierce in his judgments. So perhaps morality is in reality f...

the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to...

there is a universal perception of God, it is not proof that he does exist. Perhaps the most important part of Descartess argument...

or observation. For example we can only argue that the mans eyes are blue by looking at his eyes. Here we have a statement that ne...

In six pages this research paper and essay considers how God's existence or lack thereof was argued by these three philosophers. ...

In a paper consisting of three pages the existence of God as it is presented in the 'Watchmaker' argument is critiqued with extens...

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

contends that Humes definition of "cause" (using reason to infer existence), as "a bastard of the imagination, impregnated by expe...

In five pages David Hume's definition of morality as a sympathy concept is applied to his contention that moral views do not stem ...

In five pages this paper considers 3 of Kant's formulations regarding a lone categorical imperative as presented in his philosophi...

of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...

"the cauldron of competing doctrines which swirled at the heart of the early church...All medieval philosophers drew on his work, ...

moral judgments. A deontological ethical system is defined as "one that is concerned solely with the inherent nature of the act be...

This 3 page paper is a response to Philippa Foot’s critique of Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative. ...

prove the existence of God, which he considered to be self-evident. Aquinas said that when we are not able to demonstrate the caus...

argue Gods existence within its own definition. Without any sort of relationship with other concrete statements, the entire argume...

course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...

the universe reveals that the natural world provides a graduated scale of existence, from lower beings to those that are higher or...