2014-02-18 WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? PHI 1024 F Today: ‘Philosophy football’‚ by Monty Python. INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? Your input. Four not-so-helpful proposals (for how to work out what Philosophy is). 2014 Three more serious (and more helpful) suggestions. 2 WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? Words suggested by the word ‘philosophy’: 2) Arguments 1) Question 3 4 1 2014-02-18 WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY
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Silver‚ Joel (Producer)‚ Wachowski‚ Andy and Larry (Director). (1999). The Matrix [Motion Picture]. United States: Warner Brothers. Westphal‚ K. R. (2006). HOW DOES KANT PROVE THAT WE PERCEIVE‚ AND NOT MERELY IMAGINE‚ PHYSICAL OBJECTS?. Review Of Metaphysics‚ 59(4)‚ 781-806. Retrieved from: http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy2.lib.depaul.edu
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Descartes: Proof of God’s existence and human error Unlike considerations emanating from theologians as to how proof that their God‚ defined as an active being by itself‚ was not an invention‚ the demonstration Descartes does regarding the proof of the existence of God and therefore the human error is simple: it shows God from man. Descartes says‚ "I would not have the idea of an infinite substance‚ me as a finite being‚ if it had been placed in me by some substance that was truly infinite."
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As a Christian‚ St. Augustine (354-430 AD) couldn’t believe that the soul preexisted creation despite his ties to Neoplatonists‚ who held disdain for the material world. Philosophy had a purpose geared towards the religious and the ethical because God’s truth is that He is a priori‚ or prior to experience‚ in his existence. His work expressed his belief that happiness can be achieved when Faith is preceding and Understanding is succeeding: an individual cannot understand if he first does not believe
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Name: Professor: Course: Date: Arche Arche is a Greek term that means the ultimate principle‚ source‚ reason‚ origin‚ cause or the beginning of something. According to the Greek philosopher; Aristotle‚ arche is a principle or an element of something which is intangible and cannot be demonstrated but it offers the factors of the likelihood of that something. It explains how everything was made out of a primal element or substance; as a cause. The arche concept developed a starting point for valid
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Pythagoras: A Universe made of Numbers PART 1 Pythagoras & His Philosophy Pythagoras of Samos is often described as the first pure mathematician. He is an extremely important figure in the development of mathematics yet there is relatively little known about his mathematical achievements. Unlike many later Greek mathematicians‚ where at least we have some of the books which they wrote‚ there is nothing of Pythagoras’s writings. The society which he led‚ half religious and half scientific
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INTRODUCTION: Space‚ Time and motion were three interrelated concepts which have been very difficult by the philosophers to arrive at a proper understanding since the ancient times. By there has been consensus that a proper understanding of motion would lend a hand in addressing the questions on the nature of the other two concepts namely space and time. Depending on the nature of approach to the problem of space and time‚ the philosophers mainly addressed three key concerns. They are as follows:
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Japeth B. Jaco AB- Philosophy Metaphysics December 1‚ 2014 Occurrence in my life “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions”. We could never go back to the past were what we did has already been done. When we discover new things you don’t see your old thoughts the same way. We add new information that will help us to expand and deepen our knowledge through our understanding the experiences that we had encounter. I saw too many things
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Thomas Aquinas’s cosmological argument is a posteriori argument that Aquinas uses to prove the existence of God. Aquinas argues that‚ “Nothing can move itself‚ so whatever is in motion must be put in motion by another‚ and that by another again. But this causal loop cannot go on to infinity‚ so if every object in motion had a mover‚ there must be a first mover which is the unmoved mover‚ called God.” (Aquinas‚ Question 2‚ Article 3). I do agree with Aquinas’s cosmological argument in proving the
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Does God exist? The question of God’s existence is a perplexing one‚ the only evidence we have of God is what we are told from those who worship him‚ and unknowns can be debated logically if a higher being is in control. It has been written that in the beginning there was man and there was woman‚ and God put the two together to create a new race of beings. We are to assume then that God gave these beings a soul to distinguish them from other beings‚ for example‚ plants. The soul is often argued
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