Philonous proves that it is impossible for the objects that we perceive to exist independently of our perception of them because physical matter is incogitable and false‚ ideas and the minds that have these ideas are the only things real in the world‚ and one cannot affirm the existence of a physical object if they do not know what a physical object is. Philonous begins his argument by stating that anything that is perceived is perceived immediately. Upon expanding on this information Philonous
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Hume’s version of empiricism begins with his distinction between analytic propositions “relationship of ideas‚” which he considers to be a priori and true by definition‚ and synthetic propositions‚ which he considers to be a posteriori (“matters of fact”)‚ and which are opposite of analytic propositions because they’re derived from our senses. Synthetic propositions can pose a problem since they can be untrue. An example is the sun. We can say that it will rise tomorrow—which is likely to happen
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Everything in the universe is interconnected energetically. The energy always was‚ always has been. Therefore‚ energy is imperishable‚ likewise‚ the immortality of the spirit. As the spirit‚ the sum of all our higher selves or all our soul extensions‚ being eternal‚ all of us as human beings come/came to the planet Earth as an extension of the Source Energy alias Love Energy. Thus‚ Love always was‚ always has been. The Creator or the Architect of the universe is ONE‚ therefore‚ when the Creator
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Are we alone in the universe? Are we alone in the universe? we really don’t know. There’s a lot of information about life in other planets‚ but… do we believe in what we are reading and hearing? It depends because they are data that have been confirmed by scientist but also data that haven’t been proved or doesn’t have arguments that support theirs ideas. Space is a huge thing‚ we don’t know what is going on in there and we’ll never know the reality of other planets there are nine planets and nowadays
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You stumble across a cemetery and impulsively decide to take look around. Once you step inside‚ you immediately notice hundreds of tombstones scattered around. You take a long breath and move tentatively around knowing you have walked into the valley of death surrounded by silent souls. You look around and see the hollow eyes of death‚ smell the coldness of death‚ and hear the silent whispers of death. Tombstone after tombstone you wonder if that woman had a sister‚ what that young boy died from
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In Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish‚ he states that “[a] real subjection is born mechanically from a fictitious relation” (202). Real is the idea that something is fixed‚ permanent‚ and immovable. Fictitious’ however‚ is something that is not real or true. He that is exposed to the understanding of his actions and accepts the accountability to act spontaneously under the constraints of his own power becomes a standard to his own exposure. Basically‚ explaining that if you fake something as
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Descartes begins his Third Meditation knowing very little. By the end of the previous meditation‚ he has established that he exists as a thinking thing that thinks in many different ways. Armed with such little certainty‚ Descartes begins a seemingly impossible task- to prove the existence of God‚ armed with only these facts and rational thinking. He concludes his proof with the verdict that God is in fact the only thing that could cause his own idea of his creator. Descartes’ proof rests in part
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David Hume is a renowned Philosopher that has shaped the ideas of cause and effect (causality) as we know them today. He suggested that true cause and effect relationship has to be the result of A causing B. The occurrence of B happening is contingent on the fact that A occurs before B‚ thus causing B to happen. Since he holds that this is the only rational way to conclude that one thing causes another to happen‚ he goes as far as to say that human beings will never know the exact cause that takes
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Anselm`s view about God is that his existence in our minds proves the existence of him in reality. Trying to prove that he does not in fact exist‚ contradicts the purpose‚ since as attempting to convince others that he does not exist‚ you recognize his being. As you attempt to argue against God while completely understanding the meaning of God‚ you recognize this idea of the “greatest being”. About “the fool who says in his heart“ that God doesn’t exist‚ Anselm argues that there are two ways for
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Swindal offers four models for the interaction of faith and reason. One of these models is particularly of interest here: the incompatibilist model. This model suggests‚ “…one can hold faith as transrational‚ inasmuch as it is higher than reason.” A second tier of this model is that faith can be irrational; hence‚ it is “not subject to rational evaluation at all” (Swindal‚ n.d.‚ n.pag). The rationale behind having faith in God is that it binds together the common‚ or universal values and moral codes
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