a) Explain Aquinas Cosmological Argument The Cosmological Argument is a posteriori argument (knowledge gained after experience) which attempts to prove that there is a rational basis for the belief in God. This argument is synthetic as it uses senses and is distinctive as it uses evidence of the universe to prove that God exists. The argument attempts to prove that God exists by evaluating the scale and nature of the cosmos. In order for this argument to succeed it has to be inductive and produce
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Explain Anselm’s ontological argument. The ontological argument was put forth at first as a prayer by the eleventh century monk and philosopher Anselm of Canterbury. In his Proslogion‚ which means discourse‚ he presented this argument as a prayer for believers to substantiate their belief in god. Anselm uses ‘a priori’ (which means before experience) reasoning‚ which conveys that it does not rely or depend on experience and so an argument of this sort is more plausible and likely to intrigue and
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Explain the difference between operational effectiveness and strategy? Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance‚ which after all is the primary goal of any enterprise. A company can outperform rivals only if it can establish a difference that it can preserve. It must deliver great value to customers or create comparable value at lower cost‚ or do both. Delivering greater value allows a company to charge higher average unit price‚ greater efficiency results
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Emotional Dissonance and Customer Service: An Exploratory Study Craig C. Julian ABSTRACT. In this paper‚ the broad context for the study of emotional dissonance and its importance to marketing is set out. The relevant literature on emotional dissonance‚ its antecedents and outcomes are introduced together with the knowledge gap in the literature. The conceptual framework of emotional dissonance is expanded via exploratory research using case studies in order to identify the key issues and the
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exam and when deciding to focus more on my other classes. I began making more consonant decisions and thoughts in order to lower the dissonance that I was feeling. I had created new consonant cognitions when deciding that it was a college level class and deciding that it was ok if I didn’t do well in the class at that time. My actions reflect ways to reduce cognitive
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Explain how biological factors may affect one cognitive process Memory is essential to human beings. It’s not only the brain’s main function‚ but is also used everyday without us noticing: we acquire new information‚ store it‚ retain it and might retrieve it if needed. It’s thanks to memory and its three main stages: encoding‚ storage and retrieval‚ that humans can operate and recall events and information on a daily basis with no difficulty or effort whatsoever. In 1960‚ it was claimed that there
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Collaboration and Argument‚ How and Does this Change a Research Paper? Collaboration is defined as working jointly with other or together especially in an intellectual endeavor (www.webster.com/dictionary). When working collaboratively‚ you must consider views and ideas of others working within a specific topic or project. This collaboration should consist of each participant’s ideas or thoughts. These ideas and thoughts should equally contribute to the final outcome or result of the project. In
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How to Write an Argument “The argumentative essay is a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic; collect‚ generate‚ and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner” (What Is An Argumentative Essay‚ 2015). In this type of essay‚ we not only give information but also present the argument with the pros‚ which is supporting ideas‚ and cons‚ which is opposing ideas‚ of an argumentative issue. We should clearly take our stand and write as if we
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Explain Descartes version of the ontological argument? Ontology is the branch of philosophy that explores the whole concept of existence. Thomas Aquinas argued that a reason as to why the ontological argument does not work is that we do not know what God is‚ Descartes disagreed with this. Descartes‚ who was a very influential mathematician‚ philosopher and scientist‚ believed‚ similarly to Anselm and Plato previously‚ that human beings mind’s are imprinted with concepts such as equality‚ cause‚
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The design argument attempts to explain the existence of god through things we can see in the world around us. It is otherwise known as the “teleological argument”. “Telos” is the Greek word for purpose the teleological argument uses the idea of purpose‚ order and complexity which we can observe in the universe in order to explain and attempt to prove the existence of god. The design argument is an a prosteriori argument as it uses experience of the world which can be observed in order to reach
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