Argument

come to be from nowhere other than from the dead” (Plato, 2014, p. 58, 70d). While Socrates’ argument is valid, his first premise is problematic. It is within this premise that he assumes fundamentally dissimilar relationships between fundamentally dissimilar entities are analogous. When discussing degrees of being, Socrates makes two calculated but flawed transpositions. For the sake of this argument, transposing is the act of stating that entities or relationships, which are within…

The argument from evil argues and targets against a specific type of god which is argued to be all powerful, knowing, and good. The argument states that if such God were to exist, then we would not have evil in the world. Yet, all around us we see evil and therefore God cannot exist. The argument from evil is a reductio ad absurdum argument because we take on the fact that there is evil in the world and because of this, derive the conclusion that an all-pkg God cannot exist. An important thing…

According to Hacker and Sommers’ in “Constructing Reasonable Arguments”, taking a stand on a controversial topic, swaying the reader with evidence and analysis, and citing all sources used within an essay are the stepping-stones to produce a well manufactured argumentative essay. The main goal is to persuade the reader to choose the writer's side of the argument over the opposing side in an informative way. Arguments happen everywhere all the time, which means there is more than one way to look…

persuasive academic argument. Step one to having a complete complex argument is having a claim. The claim is important to the argument because it encompasses the thesis and roadmap of the paper, along with stating the stakes and the counter argument. Every effective argument needs such a complex claim. The stakes are important because they let the reader know why the argument matters and should be thought about. In major paper one I was successful in having a complex claim to my argument. In the…

Gensler: Divine Command Theory Gensler’s main argument for the Divine Command Theory is to argue the moral reasons for the existence of God. He gives the premises that everyone knows objective moral duties. Then comes the idea that if there are objective moral duties there has to be something that makes them moral law. For this the only answer that makes sense is God because it cannot be a person or other individuals in society since we do not have the authority to tell someone is they do…

teleological argument, or the argument from design, is an argument for the existence of God. The argument forms around the idea that due to the way in which human beings and the world function, it only makes sense that there is a designer and/or creator to have caused them to exist in their current relations to each other. This paper explores the design argument against evolutionist objections as well as an objection to the argument based on the eyes blind spot. The teleological argument…

Global Climate Change Argument Fallon Mullen The Global Climate Change argument video that we viewed is highly complex and interesting and highlights the use of logic to decipher a conclusion from an argument that is heated and reoccurring. As I watched the video I felt that the argument fit the form of Modus Tollens and Modus Ponens. Modus Ponens: If we act, then the world won’t end We acted So, the world won’t end. Modus Tollens: If we act, then the world won’t end The world is not going…

Irwin interpreted Bayle as making a negative argument using religious and nonreligious premises to support his idea that intolerance should be impossible through the natural light. Instead of arguing for tolerance, Bayle makes it a point to argue against intolerance. His use of different types of support strengthens his argument so that it cannot be easily dismissed by non-believers or people of different religions. Dr. Irwin approached this argument by explaining that the natural light is a…

There have been many arguments made over the years that are designed to show proof for God’s existence or a lack thereof. Thirteenth century philosopher St Thomas Aquinas is one of those people who formed their own argument supporting God’s existence. The Five Ways, as he called them, were designed to in five different ways prove beyond a reasonable doubt that there is in fact a God who subsists all around the world. The “Argument from Possibility and Necessity”, the third of Aquinas’ ways is…

The Ontological Argument and Pascal’s Wager The “Ontological Argument” was created by Saint Anselm; this argument is in support of God’s existence. His argument is one based on observation and reason not on empirical evidence and is spit in to three parts. The parts include why god exists, why god cannot be thought to not exist, and lastly why atheists are able to think that God does not exist. In the first section he begins with a definition of God that he believes everyone would be accepting…