essay aims to outline the Ontological Argument‚ proposed by Anselm of Canterbury‚ to prove the existence of God (in particular the Christian God). It also discusses Gaunilo’s objection to the ontological argument with the use of the “Lost Island” analogy. And finally offers an opinion as to whether or not Gaunilo’s objection successfully refutes Anselm’s argument. Anselm’s ontological argument‚ sourced from the “Proslogium” (with himself as the author)‚ is a highly controversial argument that
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Philosophical Ethics: Part A 1. Name and briefly describe the four main aspects of the AU decision-making process. i. Scope → Includes all those affected by the act‚ either directly or indirectly ii. Duration → Considers the length of time of each effect iii. Intensity → Considers the force or strength of each resulting experience iv. Probability → Considers how likely each effect might be‚ given that we don’t know ahead of time which of the many possible effects will actually occur.
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to pleasure through out our lives and can be noticed by the absence of pain. In this essay I will further explain Mill’s view on happiness and how it is connected to the Utilitarianism view. I will then define my own objection of Mill’s arguments and why it is a compelling objection to think about. II. Mill’s Arguments Through out “Utilitarianism” Mill‚ argues that happiness is the only basis of morality‚ and that mankind only desires happiness. His argument is supported by the declaration that
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proposal. How should Houston handle this? Harris is using what is called a time objection also known as stalling technique. In this particular case study Harris already has the need fulfilled by a different supplier and while they have had a few late deliveries Harris need to determine if it worth going through all of the work to get set up a new vendor. The time objection is often one of the hardest objections to gauge because it can mean many different things. In certain cases changing product
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benefit from being in war. In the proceeding paragraphs‚ I will give background to the problems and set out the different positions on the topic. Then‚ I will provide the main arguments for each position‚ introduce objections for each of these positions‚ and respond to the objections.
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I believe Jackson’s ‘Knowledge Argument’ is a successful objection to ‘Physicalism’ (the doctrine that the entire world is physical)‚ consequently proving it is false. I am of this view because the argument is successful in establishing the claim: ‘There are truths about consciousness that cannot be deduced from the complete physical truth’. In my view the ‘Knowledge Argument’ as it stands‚ is without an objection that entails its falsity‚ as Jackson and other supporters of the argument have been
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a human. Turing also ponders the question‚ “can machines think‚” as he is an advocate of artificial intelligence. Turing states the nine common objections against artificial intelligence and attempts to disprove them. The most convincing objection to artificial intelligence is objection three‚ the mathematical objection. The mathematical objection talks about how there are limits to what questions a computer based on logic can answer. In an explicit argument‚ it would look something like this:
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the testimony goes on to explain not only why cloning is unethical but he also attempts to persuade the commission to legally ban cloning. In the excerpt Kass raises four objections to human cloning‚ in his first objection Kass states “ and attempt to clone a human being would constitute an unethical experiment
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different ‘psychic’ qualities from physical properties (Objection 3)‚ people need not know a thing about neurophysiology to be able to report about their sensory experiences (Objection 1) and just as the theory of the humors was proven wrong‚ this extant theory about the brain‚ too‚ may be misleading (Objection 2). Smart effectively responds to these queries‚ claiming that these objections are not direct attacks on his theory. To the later objections‚ he goes on to refine his argument by drawing a distinction
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There have been many theories that explain how evolution occurred. Charles Darwin‚ on the book Origin of Species‚ spoke about how traits are passed on from generations to generations by natural selection. In addition‚ he stated how there are four objections to the theory of natural selection‚ how species can win the struggle for existence through natural selection‚ and how the origin of species challenges religion. Central to the theory of evolution‚ is natural selection. Evolutionary theory was developed
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