answer is quite simple‚ we can explore the several arguments for and against His existence. The first argument we will indulge in is the cosmological argument. A cosmological argument is an argument that states that everything in the universe is dependent on something greater. For this to be true‚ at the end of a long line there would have to be an omnipotent‚ omniscient‚ and benevolent being. These contingencies on a
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has remained a very heated argument that has been carried down through generations. Several arguments have been brought forward by those who are against the claim that God exists as well as by those who are for the argument. These arguments can be of cosmological or teleological nature. Cosmological arguments are based on philosophical laws as they try to argue for or against the origin of man and how they help describe the origin of God’s existence. Teleological arguments on the other hand are also
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St Thomas Aquinas version of The Cosmological Argument Aquinas developed the five ways to prove the existence of God. He based his arguments on what could be observed‚ his observations included that the universe moves and changes. From his observations he reached conclusions about the existence of God. However‚ Aquinas did actually accept the fact that he may not prove that the cause of the universe is the God of classical theism. He also did not accept infinity because he believed that there had
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account. b) Explain what you take to be the strongest objection to that account. c) Explain why the objection does or does not succeed. 2) Choose either the teleological or the cosmological argument for the existence of God. a) Explain that argument. b) Explain what you take to be the strongest objection to that argument. c) Explain why the objection does or does not succeed. The paper is due on Thursday‚ July 24‚ by 9am (i.e.‚ by the start of class on that day). Please submit the paper via
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The cosmological argument is a collection of arguments for the existence of God‚ based on the fact of the world’s existence. It was first posited by famous Greek philosophers‚ Plato and Aristotle. They postulated the need for a craftsman for the universe and began their argument with the fact of motion. The basis of the argument state that the universe cannot cause itself
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is immortal. He was a dualist‚ and thus claiming that soul and body are two separate entities. The body is mortal and changes‚ while the soul is immortal and unchangeable. In his dialogue ‘Phaedo’‚ Plato presents three arguments for an immortal soul. Firstly‚ the cyclical argument
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Cosmological Revolution There are three philosophers which contribute theories to the Cosmological Revolution. Each philosopher gives their own reasons as to their own theory and their explanations. These three philosophers are Karl Popper‚ Thomas Kuhn‚ and Imre Lakatos. I consider there to be valuable points in each of the philosopher’s theories. Thomas Kuhn could possibly be the best known philosopher. I agree with many of Kuhn’s theories about the history of science. Kuhn had his PhD in
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Paper McCloskey Article (278.205 Kb) Having completed the unit of philosophy of religion‚ you are now ready to respond to an article written by an actual atheist. This article‚ titled “On Being an Atheist‚” was written by H. J. McCloskey in 1968 for the journal Question. McCloskey is an Australian philosopher who wrote a number of atheistic works in the 1960s and 70s including the book God and Evil (Nijhoff‚ 1974). In this article‚ McCloskey is both critical of the classical arguments for God’s
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Explain the cosmological argument for the existence of God (25 marks) Thomas Aquinas famously formulated his version of the cosmological or "first cause" argument. According to this argument‚ the things which we see around us now are the products of a series of previous causes. But that series cannot go back in time forever. Thus there must be some first cause which was not itself caused by anything else. And that first uncaused cause is God. A lot of the argument is based on Aristotelian views
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Explain Hume’s criticisms of the teleological argument (25 marks) Hume criticised the teleological argument in plenty of ways as he believed that the argument was deeply flawed. His first point criticised Paley’s analogy of the watch. The first part of the analogy claimed that if you found a rock while walking through a heath‚ you would not think anything of it. However‚ if you had seen a watch you would examine it and find that it had moving parts that demonstrate that the watch has a purpose
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