PD 1B TOK DUE: 3-5-2013 Theory Of Knowledge Journal #1 Word Count: 545 The quote‚ “We accept the reality of the world in which we are presented” can really relate to how people view the state of reality in which they live. It can make them rethink the world in which they live and rethink there entire sense of reality. I do believe this is true in many different ways. People do tend to believe in the reality of the world on which they are presented for many different reasons. For example
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Emptiness is an important idea in Buddhism‚ especially in Mahayana Buddhism. Thich Nhat Hanh’s commentaries in The Heart of Understanding and in The Dalai Lama’s descriptions follow the same basic idea and concepts of the emptiness doctrine. Another important idea in Buddhism is dependent origination. Emptiness has a very detailed meaning within Buddhist culture. Emptiness in western cultures is different than what some other cultures may believe in. Our culture sees emptiness as having nothing
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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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------------------------------------------------- MY PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY ------------------------------------------------- IN GOD‚ MAN AND THE WORLD ------------------------------------------------- A Project Submitted To The Faculty of Philosophy Department In the College of Arts and Sciences of LPU ------------------------------------------------- Prof. Ms. Violeta G. Tabin ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- In
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Faith: A Total Commitment The biblical concept of faith implies deep personal commitment. Nowhere in the Scriptures do we find people merely giving God an affirming nod. True faith always involves a total commitment of one’s self to God. Seminary life is never easy. I have been through a lot of difficulties. But‚ there is one important virtue I learned from my stay in the seminary‚ the virtue of sacrifice. Seminary formation entails a lot of sacrifice. It demands ontological death – dying
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The weaknesses of the Ontological Argument give support to Atheism. Discuss this claim (12 marks) Anselm’s ontological argument described in part (a)‚ was refuted in his own lifetime‚ by Gaunilo‚ who demonstrated in a reduction ad absurdum of his own‚ that if the logic of the argument were applied to things other than God‚ it led to invalid conclusions. Gaunilo didn’t identify any specific fault with the argument‚ but argued that something must be wrong with it‚ because if there wasn’t anything
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What is Belief in Allah and its effects The Islamic faith is based on belief in Allah. When a person believes that the heavens and the earth and the world around him have been created by Him‚ and it is He who is governing them and it is He who will one Day call all mankind to account‚ then this is the beginning of religious awareness. Quite obviously‚ it is necessary that people have a true conception of their Creator. For this‚ they must have knowledge of the rational grounds of His existence
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Gonzalez‚ Sophie Period 6 December 3‚ 2012 Dorothy and the Tree: A Lesson in Epistemology Stanley Fish discusses how we in society base our lives off of assumptions. Using the example of Dorothy and the tree‚ Fish is able to show how with our assumptions‚ we as people categorize others and things into what we believe to be correct. Whether or not we have actually taken the time to figure out if we are right is irrelevant. He notes that we should just “keep trying to expand our sense of ‘us’
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→ ╙> ∴ Test 3: Monday following reading week Read Part 1 and 2‚ 10 and 11. Outline – God Religious Language: seeking meaningfulness (Existence of God is discussed later) Three Possible Ways for Speaking About God 1. Anthropomorphism (in the form of a person) mental (Is God anything like us‚ has a mind?) intelligence/moral qualities Anthropomorphic/Anthropomorphite “God is intelligent” understood literally‚ univocally (it has the same meaning whether applied to us or God)
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- Theism: Belief in one God. (58) - Atheism: Rejection of belief in God. (56) - Agnosticism: In between to make the decision about the existence or non-existence of God. (54) - Indifference: Does not care about whether God exists or not. (53) - Freedom as compared with commitment: Ironically‚ the freedom costs the time and effort to find out the options and once you make a decision‚ you must commit to do it. (1) - The God Question: It is the question on whether God exists or not. The answers
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